Remarkable Plants That Shape Our World by Bynum, Helen

Remarkable Plants That Shape Our World

Imagine a typical morning--munching on a bowl of cereal, sipping coffee, dressing for the day, riding to...
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Author: Helen Bynum
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Remarkable Plants That Shape Our World by Bynum, Helen

Remarkable Plants That Shape Our World

$118.93

Remarkable Plants That Shape Our World

$118.93
Author: Helen Bynum
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Imagine a typical morning--munching on a bowl of cereal, sipping coffee, dressing for the day, riding to work. Every moment of this common routine draws on the power of plants, and the centuries of development that brought wheat, coffee beans, cotton, and rubber--among many others--into our daily lives.
Remarkable Plants celebrates the wonder and utility of the green kingdom, taking a detailed look at how plants have shaped our world. It focuses on eighty key species and richly explores their history, highlighting their importance and bringing to light surprising stories. Organized thematically into eight sections, the book starts with "Transformers" (including rice, beans, olives) and moves through sections such as "Heal and Harm" (poppy, aloe, strychnos) and "Revered and Adored" (lotus, frankincense, rose). Each species is introduced with its common and scientific names and followed by an exploration of its cultural, historical, botanical, and symbolic associations. Hundreds of botanical illustrations show full plants as well as highlight distinctive leaves, blooms, and fruits.
Rooted in one of the world's most important and renowned temples of greenery, the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Remarkable Plants is a symbiotic balance of science and art that will open readers' eyes to the deep influence of the natural world on our modern one.

Author: Helen Bynum, William Bynum
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 10/05/2014
Pages: 240
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 2.13lbs
Size: 10.11h x 7.60w x 1.11d
ISBN: 9780226204741


Review Citation(s):
Choice 04/01/2015 pg. 1343

About the Author
William F. Bynum is professor emeritus of the UCL Centre for the History of Medicine in London. Helen Bynum is a historian of science and medicine. Together they have edited Great Discoveries in Medicine and Dictionary of Medical Biography.



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