DK Eyewitness Guides: Plant - Hardcover

Burnie, David

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9780863183683: DK Eyewitness Guides: Plant

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0863183689 ISBN 13: 9780863183683

Publisher: Dorling Kindersley Publishers Ltd, 1998

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Plants provide the food and the oxygen needed to sustain all animal life. Without them there would be no life on Earth. Plants grow almost everywhere - from sandy beaches to dark forests and from high mountains to hot deserts.Plant uses unique time-lapse photo-sequences to show how a seedling emerges from a seed how a flower opens how a dandelion makes its fluffy seed head and how a Venus fly trap catches insects. Explore the complex world of plants see how they make food reproduce and grow.Discover the importance of plants in human life and how they are used both as food and as medicines. Produced in association with the Natural History Museum London and the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew Plant is a beautiful and informative visual guide to the natural history of plants.

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Each book in the "Eyewitness" series is an informative, visual guide to the wonders of the world around us. Illustrated with colour photographs of objects from the natural world, from specialist museums and from rare private collections, the books offer a fresh approach to the mysteries of nature, history, science, art, crafts and pastimes. This collection of specially commissioned photographs explores the fascinating world of flowering plants. The book examines plant anatomy, reproduction and growth, studies the importance of plants in human life, and reveals the secrets of flowers, leaves, seeds and fruits.

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