Talk:Photosynthesis

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As CZ has not yet started an article on photosynthesis, I start the article as a 'stub', directing the reader to online sites and print literature for consultation until CZ Editors/Authors develop the article fully. Anthony.Sebastian 13:28, 4 August 2008 (CDT)

Cleaned up reference section some

I was Being Bold and cleaned out the table of contents fromt he reference section. I'll place it here, though in case there is a really good reason to keep it in.

Blankenship RE. (2002) Molecular Mechanisms of Photosynthesis. Wiley-Blackwell. ISBN 0632043210 (ISBN-10); ISBN 978-0632043217 (ISBN-13) (pbk)

• Table of Contents:

• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• The Basic Principles of Photosynthetic Energy Storage
• Photosynthetic Organisms and Organelles
• History and Early Development of Photosynthesis
• Photosynthetic Pigments: Structure and Spectroscopy
• Antenna Complexes and Energy Transfer Processes
• Reaction Center Complexes
• Electron Transfer Pathways and Components
• Chemiosmotic Coupling and ATP Synthesis
• Carbon Metabolism
• Genetics, Assembly and Regulation of Photosynthetic Systems
• Origin and Evolution of Photosynthesis
• Light, Energy and Kinetics
• Index

D. Matt Innis 15:28, 27 November 2009 (UTC)

I also removed the publishers note for the Morton reference because it sounded like a sales pitch for the book rather than anything new about photosynthesis. Most of the information concerning photosynthesis should probably be int he article itself rather than the footnote. Again, I'll put it here.

Morton O. (2008) Eating the Sun: How Plants Power the Planet. HarperColins. ISBN 0007163649 , ISBN 978-0007163649 (hbks).

• Publisher´s description:  A story of a world in crisis and the importance of plants, the history of the earth, and the feuds and fantasies of warring scientists—this is not your fourth-grade science class's take on photosynthesis….From acclaimed science journalist Oliver Morton comes this fascinating, lively, profound look at photosynthesis, nature's greatest miracle. Wherever there is greenery, photosynthesis isworking to make oxygen, release energy, and create living matter from the raw material of sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide. Without photosynthesis, there would be an empty world, an empty sky, and a sun that does nothing more than warm the rocks and reflect off the sea. With photosynthesis, we have a living world with three billion years of sunlight-fed history to relish….Eating the Sun is a bottom-up account of our planet, a celebration of how the smallest things, enzymes and pigments, influence the largest things¬¬—the oceans, the rainforests, and the fossil fuel economy. From the physics, chemistry, and cellular biology that make photosynthesis possible, to the quirky and competitive scientists who first discovered the beautifully honed mechanisms of photosynthesis, to the modern energy crisis we face today, Oliver Morton offers a complete biography of the earth through the lens of this mundane and most important of processes….More than this, Eating the Sun is a call to arms. Only by understanding photosynthesis and the flows of energy it causes can we hope to understand the depth and subtlety of the current crisis in the planet's climate. What's more, nature's greatest energy technology may yet inspire the breakthroughs we need to flourish without such climatic chaos in the century to come….Entertaining, thought-provoking, and deeply illuminating, Eating the Sun reveals that photosynthesis is not only the key to humanity's history; it is also vital to confronting and understanding contemporary realities like climate change and the global food shortage. This book will give you a new and perhaps troubling way of seeing the world, but it also explains how we can change our situation—for the better or the worse.

D. Matt Innis 15:42, 27 November 2009 (UTC)