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SOIL SCIENCE AMERICANA - ALFRED E HARTEMINK KAR...

This book narrates how the study of the soil became a science and institutionalized in the USA
between 1860 and 1960. The story meanders through the activities  ideas  publications  and
correspondence of people who influenced the progressions  that led to the budding and early
blossoming of American and international soil science. Interwoven is a tale of two farm boys
who grew up 900 km apart in the Midwest USA in the late 1800s and early 1900s. Emil Truog and
Charles Kellogg met in the late 1920s and shared a natural connection to the soil. Both were
practical pioneers and believed that understanding soils was crucial to helping people on the
land make a better living. The USA is a big country  its soil science is geographically
intertwined  and the cradle of its history primes back to a few people. Soil Science Americana
is an intellectual biography  not of one individual but of a new scientific field from its
emergence to its complete coming of age. - Louise O. Fresco  President  Wageningen University
and Research In a lively  personal voice  Hartemink traces the roots of modern soil science in
the United States...creating a book that will engage both the expert and non-expert in the
underappreciated field of soil science. - Jo Handelsman  Director  Wisconsin Institute for
Discovery The intellectual master piece is of interest to soil scientists  general public and
the policy makers  and will remain pertinent for generations to come. - Rattan Lal  World Food
Prize Laureate 2020  The Ohio State University

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