In the late 1970s, Dutchman Anton Smelt is sent to Peru by his employer, an international food company. It's a challenging assignment after a year of rest, so he decides to keep a diary. In the Amazon rainforest he encounters one of the great mysteries of biology: how do new Brazil nut trees grow? After the wet season the rock-hard fruits fall from the tree onto the soggy soil and then nothing happens, or so it seems.
Step by step Anton discovers...