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Reaching for the Sun: How Plants Work
John King
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Description for Reaching for the Sun: How Plants Work
paperback. A lively introduction to how plants function covering everything from energetics and development to their interaction with the environment. Num Pages: 310 pages, 16 b/w illus. BIC Classification: PSTD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 226 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 500. How Plants Work. 310 pages, 16 b/w illus. A lively introduction to how plants function covering everything from energetics and development to their interaction with the environment. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: PSTD. Dimension: 226 x 152 x 16. Weight: 500.
From their ability to use energy from sunlight to make their own food, to combating attacks from diseases and predators, plants have evolved an amazing range of life-sustaining strategies. Written with the non-specialist in mind, John King's lively natural history explains how plants function, from how they gain energy and nutrition to how they grow, develop and ultimately die. New to this edition is a section devoted to plants and the environment, exploring how problems created by human activities, such as global warming, pollution of land, water and air, and increasing ocean acidity, are impacting on the lives of plants. ... Read more
From their ability to use energy from sunlight to make their own food, to combating attacks from diseases and predators, plants have evolved an amazing range of life-sustaining strategies. Written with the non-specialist in mind, John King's lively natural history explains how plants function, from how they gain energy and nutrition to how they grow, develop and ultimately die. New to this edition is a section devoted to plants and the environment, exploring how problems created by human activities, such as global warming, pollution of land, water and air, and increasing ocean acidity, are impacting on the lives of plants. ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Number of pages
310
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
Number of Pages
310
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780521736688
SKU
V9780521736688
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99-20
About John King
John King is Professor Emeritus of Biology at the University of Saskatchewan. He is a past President of the Canadian Society of Plant Physiologists and in 2001 he was awarded their highest honour, the Gold Medal, 'in recognition of outstanding contributions to plant physiology in Canada'. The first edition of Reaching for the Sun (Cambridge University Press, 1997) was nominated ... Read more
Reviews for Reaching for the Sun: How Plants Work
'… one of the best-written, general accounts of plant biology that I know … if you are looking for a book to stress the significance of modern plant science/fascination of botany on young minds (or even not-so-young ones), look no further than the 2nd edition of John King's Reaching for the Sun!' Annals of Botany '… I enjoyed the book. ... Read more