An orchard invisible : a natural history of seeds / Jonathan Silvertown ; with illustrations by Amy Whitesides.
- Silvertown, Jonathan W.
- Date:
- 2009
- Books
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Publication/Creation
Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2009.
Physical description
216 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
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Bibliographic information
Includes bibliographical references (p. 181-209) and index.
Contents
An orchard invisible: seeds -- First forms minute: evolution -- Even beans do it: sex -- Before the seed: pollination -- According to their own kinds: inheritance -- O rose, thou art sick!: enemies -- The biggest coconut I ever see: size -- Ten thousand acorns: number -- Luscious clusters of the vine: fruit -- Winged seeds: dispersal -- Circumstance unknown: fate -- Fierce energy: germination -- Sorrow's mysteries: poisons -- Ah, sun-flower!: oil -- John Barleycorn: beer -- Realm of illusion: coffee -- Nourishment and inspiration: gastronomy.
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Location Status History of MedicineAQ /SILOpen shelves
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ISBN
- 9780226757735
- 0226757730