<p>Today’s plants are descended from simple algaes that first emerged more than 500 million years ago, and now there are around 400,000 species. The huge diversity of forms that that these plants take is staggering. From towering redwoods, to diminutive mosses; from plants that developed stinging hairs and poisons, to those that require fire to germinate tor ocean currents to dsitribute their seeds.  But how have we arrived at this mind-blowing variety in the plant kingdom How Plants Work seeks to answer this intriguing question, drawing from a wide range of examples—from the everyday leaf to the most bizarre flowers—this book is a fascinating enquiry into, and celebration of, the rich complexity of plant life.</p>

How Plants Work

Stephen Blackmore

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<p>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.</p>

Green Universe: A Microscopic Voyage Into the Plant Cell

Andreas Papadakis Publishers

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How Plants Work

Green Universe: A Microscopic Voyage Into the Plant Cell