Plant Breeding Reviews, Volume 28

by William R. Fix

Plant Breeding Reviews presents state-of-the-art reviews on plant genetics and the breeding of all types of crops by both traditional means and molecular methods. Many of the crops widely grown today stem from a very narrow genetic base; understanding and preserving crop genetic resources is vital to the security of food systems worldwide. The emphasis of the series is on methodology, a fundamental understanding of crop genetics, and applications...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0471997986
• ISBN13: 9780471997986
• Release Date: January 2007
• Publisher: Wiley
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.31 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

The most EXCELLENT book on the pyramids i've ever read

Pyramid Odessey by William R. Fix A must read for all Egyptologists. Better than any.

A superb analysis

This was written in the 1970s but discusses some of the same themes that became popular in the 1990s, i.e. that the Great Pyramid was not a tomb and that the ancient Egyptians and other ancient civilization were far more advanced than mainstream archaeologists will admit. Although this book never garnered much attention in the 1970s, it was the spiritual predecessor to Graham Hancock's "Fingerprints of the Gods". Fix was a very bright guy and did a good job of supporting his theories. This book is not new age psycho babble like "When the Sky Fell", nor is it inclined toward unsupported flights of fancy like some of the von Daniken ideas, but instead is a well researched, carefully analyzed look at ancient civilizations. Fix lays to rest with some finality the idea that the Great Pyramid was a tomb.