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Wonders of the Plant Kingdom: A Microcosm Revealed
W Stuppy
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Description for Wonders of the Plant Kingdom: A Microcosm Revealed
Paperback. A collaboration between an artist and two botanists, this book tells the story of how flowers disseminate their pollen and how the pollinated flower turns into a fruit beginning a whole new chapter in a plant's life. It is the success or failure of a fruit to disperse its seeds that decides the survival or extinction of a species. Num Pages: 156 pages, full colour throughout, includes photographs. BIC Classification: AJC; WNP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 252 x 250 x 13. Weight in Grams: 850.
This is a selection of striking and informative images of pollen, seeds and fruit as you have never seen them before. It will appeal to anyone interested in natural botany, wildlife, art and photography. Authors include a leading artist and botanists from the world-renowned Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. A ground-breaking collaboration between an artist and two botanists, this book tells the story of how flowers disseminate their pollen and how the pollinated flower turns into a fruit beginning a whole new chapter in a plant's life. It is the success or failure of a fruit to disperse its seeds that ... Read more
This is a selection of striking and informative images of pollen, seeds and fruit as you have never seen them before. It will appeal to anyone interested in natural botany, wildlife, art and photography. Authors include a leading artist and botanists from the world-renowned Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. A ground-breaking collaboration between an artist and two botanists, this book tells the story of how flowers disseminate their pollen and how the pollinated flower turns into a fruit beginning a whole new chapter in a plant's life. It is the success or failure of a fruit to disperse its seeds that ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Papadakis
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Weight
849g
Number of Pages
156
Place of Publication
Newbury, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781906506476
SKU
V9781906506476
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-5
About W Stuppy
Wolfgang Stuppy is the Seed Morphologist for the Millennium Seed Bank Project at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Rob Kesseler is a professor at Central Saint Martins College of Art & Design. Plants have long been a source of inspiration for his work. Madeline Harley Phis a former Head of the Palynology Unit (Jodrell Laboratory) at the Royal Botanic Gardens, ... Read more
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