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Product Description: Everything that lives will die. That’s the fundamental fact of life. But not everyone dies at the same age: people vary wildly in their patterns of aging and their life spans—and that variation is nothing compared to what’s found in other animal and plant species...read more
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9780226757896 | Univ of Chicago Pr, October 21, 2013, cover price $25.00 | About this edition: Everything that lives will die.
The story of seeds, in a nutshell, is a tale of evolution. From the tiny sesame that we sprinkle on our bagels to the forty-five-pound double coconut borne by the coco de mer tree, seeds are a perpetual reminder of the complexity and diversity of life on earth. With An Orchard Invisible, Jonathan Silvertown presents the oft-ignored seed with the natural history it deserves, one nearly as varied and surprising as the earthâs flora itself.Beginning with the evolution of the first seed plant from fernlike ancestors more than 360 million years ago, Silvertown carries his tale through epochs and around the globe. In a clear and engaging style, he delves into the science of seeds: How and why do some lie dormant for years on end? How did seeds evolve? The wide variety of uses that humans have developed for seeds of all sorts also receives a fascinating look, studded with examples, including foods, oils, perfumes, and pharmaceuticals. An able guide with an eye for the unusual, Silvertown is happy to take readers on unexpectedâbut always interestingâtangents, from Lyme disease to human color vision to the Salem witch trials. But he never lets us forget that the driving force behind the story of seedsâits theme, evenâis evolution, with its irrepressible habit of stumbling upon new solutions to the challenges of life."I have great faith in a seed," Thoreau wrote. "Convince me that you have a seed there, and I am prepared to expect wonders." Written with a scientistâs knowledge and a gardenerâs delight, An Orchard Invisible offers those wonders in a package that will be irresistible to science buffs and green thumbs alike.
Hardcover:
9780226757735 | Univ of Chicago Pr, April 15, 2009, cover price $28.00 | About this edition: The story of seeds, in a nutshell, is a tale of evolution.
Paperback:
9780226757742 | Reprint edition (Univ of Chicago Pr, September 15, 2010), cover price $17.00
Product Description: Jonathan Silvertown here explores the astonishing diversity of plant life in regions as spectacular as the verdant climes of Japan, the lush grounds of the Royal Botanical Gardens at Kew, the shallow wetlands and teeming freshwaters of Florida, the tropical rainforests of southeast Mexico, and the Canary Islands archipelago, whose evolutionary novelties—and exotic plant life—have earned it the sobriquet “the Galápagos of botany...read more
Hardcover:
9780226757711 | Univ of Chicago Pr, November 1, 2005, cover price $28.00 | About this edition: At the heart of evolution lies a bewildering paradox.
Paperback:
9780226757728 | 1 edition (Univ of Chicago Pr, August 1, 2008), cover price $16.00 | About this edition: Jonathan Silvertown here explores the astonishing diversity of plant life in regions as spectacular as the verdant climes of Japan, the lush grounds of the Royal Botanical Gardens at Kew, the shallow wetlands and teeming freshwaters of Florida, the tropical rainforests of southeast Mexico, and the Canary Islands archipelago, whose evolutionary novelties—and exotic plant life—have earned it the sobriquet “the Galápagos of botany.
Product Description: This volume advances understanding of ecological and evolutionary processes in a common frame of reference--that of space. Relevant processes operating at the scale of the population, metapopulation, and the geographical range are accordingly examined...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)
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9780521549332 | Cambridge Univ Pr, July 1, 2004, cover price $99.99 | About this edition: This volume advances understanding of ecological and evolutionary processes in a common frame of reference--that of space.
Product Description: The profound consequences of the deceptively obvious statement that plants stand still but their genes don't are only just becoming clear. In this volume, an international team of authors, experts in the field of population biology, aim to advance our understanding of ecological and evolutionary processes by integrating them within a common frame of reference - space...read more
Hardcover:
9780632058235 | Blackwell Science Inc, December 1, 2001, cover price $110.95 | About this edition: The profound consequences of the deceptively obvious statement that plants stand still but their genes don't are only just becoming clear.
9780521840002 | Cambridge Univ Pr, August 1, 2001, cover price $205.00
Paperback:
9780632058242 | Cambridge Univ Pr, December 1, 2001, cover price $104.95 | About this edition: The profound consequences of the deceptively obvious statement that plants stand still but their genes don't are only just becoming clear.
Paperback:
9780582447011 | 2 sub edition (Addison-Wesley Longman Ltd, September 1, 1987), cover price $43.57 | About this edition: Book by Silvertown, Jonathan
Paperback:
9780861046072 | Pluto Pr, November 1, 1985, cover price $15.00
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