Contents
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Prelude. The World of Trons
Introduction. The Age of Biology
1. “The Awe in Which Biologists Hold Physicists”: Building the First Phytotron at Caltech
2. At Work in the Caltech Phytotron
3. The Climatron
Coda I. The Finale of Frits Went
4. The Postcolonial Science of the Australian Phytotron
5. The Twin Phytotrons of the Triangle between Duke and North Carolina State
6. Big Biology in the Biotron
Coda II. The Passing of the Age of Biology
Conclusion. The New Age of Climate
II. Phytotronic Units of Illumination
III. Botanical Terms
Notes
Bibliography
Index