Green Universe: A Microscopic Voyage Into the Plant Cell - Hardcover

Stephen Blackmore

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9781906506216: Green Universe: A Microscopic Voyage Into the Plant Cell

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1906506213 ISBN 13: 9781906506216

Publisher: Andreas Papadakis Publishers, 2012

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From the smallest moss to the tallest giant redwood, and from the swath of bluebells in a spring woodland to the colors of a New England fall, Earth is a green planet and its plants are the basis for all life. Here botanist Stephen Blackmore takes us on a journey from the origin of the first cells more than three billion years ago, through the myriad forms they now take and the perfectly-adapted organs and organisms they comprise. The 150 color and black and white photographs in this book-including two-page spreads up to 11 � 24 inches-depict not only a globe-spanning assortment of plants and the landscapes in which they thrive, but also electron microscope images of their cells, which prove to have an awe-inspiring architecture.

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