Product Description: Stems may not be one of the flashiest plant parts, but theyre certainly one of the most important. This text introduces readers to plant stems and uses age-appropriate language to explain what they look like, how they grow, and what role they play in a plants life...read more

Product Description: A complicated topic is made easier with this title introducing stems and explaining their anatomy and how they help the plants they hold up. Labeled diagrams and photographs and a glossary will make learning about stems even simpler!

Stems carry out vital jobs for all flowering plants, they hold plants up and carry water and food around each plant. This book provides readers with a complete and comprehensive understanding of the role of stems, their structure and how they are brilliantly designed to do these jobs. Clear diagrams, engaging text, and stunning photographs are used to explain the huge variation between stems from blades of grass to tree trunks, how stems work, what happens inside a stem, how stems form, why bendy stems and stiff stems can give plants different advantages, plants with underground stems that store food, stems that grow sideways and why, and our relationship with stems. A wide range of examples present readers with stems they will be familiar with plus spectacular and unusual examples from around the world. These demonstrate what stems have in common and some incredible stem adaptations that allow plants to survive in different conditions and habitats. Two simple experiments help stimulate thought, reinforce learning, and bring the concepts to life.

Flowers are more than just beautiful, fragrant objects for our enjoyment. Pink petals, green stems, dark unfurling leaves: though we have seen them countless times, do we truly know what they are there for? In this title, readers will learn in detail the many parts of a plant.

Product Description: Books in this series introduce children to different parts of plants. Simple, accessible text breaks down crucial concepts and key vocabulary, and stunning photographs of a wide variety of plants show how diverse plants can be. In All About Stems, children learn about stems, including where they can be found, what they look like and the vital jobs they do for plants...read more

Product Description: This title provides curious young readers with a close-up look at plant stems. Readers will discover why plants need stems, the different kinds of stems, and how new plants can grow from the stems of mature plants.

Product Description: This title introducesbeginning readers to stems. Simple text describes the stems function as well as offering easy-to-understand examples.

Product Description: Read this book to find out about stems and how they are different from plant to plant.

Industrial Application of Lasers, Second Edition covers laser fundamentals, unusual properties of laser light, types of practical lasers available, and commonly used accessory equipment. The book also applies this information to existing and developing applications.

Product Description: Book by Farndon, John

Simple text introduces different types of stems and how they function.

Discusses the importance of plant roots and stems, examining how they help the plant grow and obtain the nutrients it needs.

Product Description: Text and photographs describes the different kinds of roots and stems flowers may have and their importance in helping flowers to grow.

Highlights stems and roots, the essential plant parts that give us radishes, blackberries, peas, milkweed, corn, strawberries, and trees

A practical book with a variety of uses, this book can help applications engineers spark problem-solving techniques through the use of lasers. Industrial Application of Lasers, Second Edition takes the reader through laser fundamentals, unusual properties of laser light, types of practical lasers available, and commonly used accessory equipment. The book also applies this information to existing and developing applications. Current uses of lasers, including laser welding and cutting, electronic fabrication techniques, lightwave communications, laser-based applications in alignment, surveying, and metrology are all covered as well as discussing the potential for future applications such as all-optical computers,remote environmental monitoring, and laser-assisted thermonuclear fusion. Key Features* Explains basic laser fundamentals as well as emphasizing how lasers are used for real applications in industry* Describes the importance of laser safety* Discusses potentially important future applications such as remote environmental monitoring* Includes rare expert lore and opinion