The Man Who Fed the World
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| Rating | : | 4.97 (861 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1935764136 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 276 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-01-16 |
| Language | : | English |
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"Inspirational" according to Mark T. The story itself is very inspirational but the writing in some chapters has too many details.Don't give up and you will enjoy it. Amazing wonderful true story of feeding a billion people Amazing wonderful true story about feeding a billion starving people. I admire his perseverance and hard work! We need more people like Norman Borlaug to help feed the world.. disappointment Alexander Tarnas As an "authorized" biography, I should have guessed, there would be no attempt at an objective perspective or accounting of this man's life. Target audience seems to be middle or high school essay writers. About a paragraph is devoted to the actual scientific insight that Borlaug brought to bear on the world. You'd think that would be
Borlaug received the Padma Vibhushan, the highest civilian award the government of India can present to a non-citizen. Dr. Winner American Farm Bureau Foundation of Agriculture Best Book of the Year award. Dr. Winner USA Book News Best Biography of the Year. Winner Florida Publishers Association Best Book Award. Winner Florida Writers Association Royal Palm Literary Award.. Norman Borlaug, one of the world's greatest heroes, is the most highly-decorated individual of our time. He is credited with saving over a billion people from Starvation. Borlaug is only one of five people in history to win the Nobel Peace Prize, the Presidential Medal of Freedom and the Congressional Gold Medal.In addition, Dr