La vita segreta dei semi

ما هو السحر الذي يخرج شجرة مثمرة من بذرة جافة! ماذا تعرف هذه البذرة كي يتسنى لها محاولة معانقة السماء! النباتات بالنسبة لنا شبه ثابته، يداعبها الزمن ببطء، ولكننا لا نشهد الصراعات المستعرّة بين الأنواع. حالات اعتداء وقتل متعمّد وتشويه ومحاولات دفن الاطفال، كما يسوده أيضًا التكافل والتبادلية ليس بينهم Leggi tutto

Este libro es el "free book of the month" de la Universidad de Chicago ( http://press.uchicago.edu/books/freeE... ) y habla sobre las semillas, tiene bastantes curiosidades como por ejemplo por qué la semilla del café es cafeinada, cuales son los diferentes mecanismos de dispersión y sus ventajas, la Leggi tutto

I'm surprised at the good reviews this book got in the press. It's a good coffee table book I guess, and one can gather all sort of little titbits. But if you're looking to really understand how plants/seeds work and their evolution, the book is a cumbersome read and it often confuses more than it i Leggi tutto

A gem, a delight and a storehouse of delicious information I'm always on the lookout for books about food plants in their natural state detailing where those foods originated, and how those plants become domesticated and changed over time. "An Orchard Invisible" (the title is from the Welsh proverb " Leggi tutto

Ok devo dire che la prima impressione, stavolta, è stata erronea. Dopo la confusione delle prime 40 pagine si è ripreso molto bene, fornendo informazioni ben descritte e argomentate, e degli interessanti riferimenti letterari (non solo Shakespeare, che compare una o due volte...). Ha superato le asp Leggi tutto

So many books on plants – what makes this one different? Well, in addition to his scientific creds, Sllvertown clearly loves the literature of seeds and plants. So along with learning that seed plants first evolved on land, but retain features of the marine environment they came from, I read thought Leggi tutto