Join the Friends of the Seaside Library as they welcome award-winning conservation biologist Thor Hanson, author of The Triumph of Seeds. From the tropical rain forest to the frozen arctic tundra to our morning breakfast table, seeds are everywhere, ubiquitous yet easy to overlook. However, as Thor Hanson reveals in Triumph of Seeds: How Grains, Nuts, Kernels, Pulses, & Pips Conquered the Plant Kingdom and Shaped Human History, seeds are more than just the vessels for future plants. Indeed, they are crucial to human and animal life.

Hanson explores the remarkable story of seeds by asking a simple question: why are they so successful? Seed plants are dominant in today’s world, yet for much of evolutionary history, they did not exist.  Blending expert yet understandable explanations of science with humorous first-person reportage and fascinating historical anecdotes, Hanson traces the history and science of seeds explaining how they nourish, unite, endure, defend, and travel.

This author event is free and open to the public. Books will be available for purchase and signing, provided by Beach Books.