For many people, the story of Charles Darwin goes like this: he ventured to the Galapagos Islands on the Beagle, was inspired by the biodiversity of the birds he saw there, and immediately returned home to write his theory of evolution. But this simplified narrative is inaccurate and lacking: it leaves out a major part of Darwin’s legacy. He published On the Origin of Species nearly thirty years after his voyages. And much of his life was spent experimenting with and observing plants. Darwin was a brilliant and revolutionary botanist whose observations and theories were far ahead of his time. With Darwin’s Most Wonderful Plants, biologist and gardening expert Ken Thompson restores this important aspect of Darwin’s biography while also delighting in the botanical world that captivated the famous scientist. Thompson traces how well Darwin’s discoveries have held up, revealing that many are remarkably long-lasting. Some findings are only now being confirmed and extended by high-tech modern research, while some have been corrected through recent analysis. We learn from Thompson how Darwin used plants to shape his most famous theory and then later how he used that theory to further push the boundaries of botanical knowledge. We also get to look over Darwin’s shoulder as he labors, learning more about his approach to research and his astonishing capacity for hard work. Darwin’s genius was to see the wonder and the significance in the ordinary and mundane, in the things that most people wouldn’t look at twice. Both Thompson and Darwin share a love for our most wonderful plants and the remarkable secrets they can unlock. This book will instill that same joy in casual gardeners and botany aficionados alike.

Darwin's Most Wonderful Plants: A Tour of His Botanical Legacy

Science & Math

Thompson, Ken

Biological Sciences

University of Chicago Press

First published in 1996. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor &amp; Francis, an informa company.

Key Quotations in Sociology (Nissan Institute/Routledge Japanese)

Politics & Social Sciences

Thompson,Kenneth

Social Sciences

Routledge

First published in 1996. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Key Quotations in Sociology

How many seeds should a plant produce, and how often? Why and how are seeds dispersed, and what are the implications for the diversity and composition of vegetation? These are some of the questions tackled in this extensive review of the role of seeds in plant ecology. The text encompasses a wide range of concepts of relevance to plant ecology, reflecting the central role of seed ecology in clarifying many fundamental aspects of plant community function.

The Ecology of Seeds

Fenner, Michael

Cambridge University Press

How many seeds should a plant produce, and how often? Why and how are seeds dispersed, and what are the implications for the diversity and composition of vegetation? These are some of the questions tackled in this extensive review of the role of seeds in plant ecology. The text encompasses a wide range of concepts of relevance to plant ecology, reflecting the central role of seed ecology in clarifying many fundamental aspects of plant community function.

Finally, from the author of Compost, fascinating information and advice on handling weeds - how to recognize them, how to control them, and how to exploit them. The first step is to know your enemy, so weeds are identified and the survival strategies of various types is explained to enable you to get rid of them more easily. Finally, an explanation of what makes a plant a weed, and what makes it a useful or even critical part of the garden ecosystem.

The Book of Weeds: How to Deal with Plants that Behave Badly

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Gardening & Landscape Design

DK Pub.

The most effective teams in the world are the ones that help us (and other critters) do such things as eat, think and move. Consultant and veteran practitioner Thompson looks to designs in nature for his inspiration, finding that organizational teams can also survive, thrive and go extinct. He explains what nature teaches us about teams, especially the importance of transparency in information sharing. He believes humans can do better than nature in the design of teams, and provides a detailed model as proof, describing hidden beliefs of high-performing teams, where team members and teams connect and take action, the mechanisms of bioteaming, including key processes and types of teamwork, building ecosystems, measuring bioteam success, and introducing bioteam concepts to other parts of the organization. Thompson provides case studies and commentary on future trends, including biocrowds. Annotation ©2008 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Bioteams: High Performance Teams Based on Nature's Most Successful Designs

Business & Money

Meghan Kiffer Pr

Compost: The natural way to make food for your garden

"Compost" - what it is, how to make it and how to use it in the garden - is now in paperback. Making compost isn't just simple and satisfying, it will save you spending money on expensive soil conditioners and mulches. There's no need for fancy gadgets. Discover how to build a simple bin, find the best tools for the job, and learn what type of mix is perfect for the size of your garden. From what's hot to rot, to bins and wormeries, discover how to transform your refuse into fertiliser that'll keep your flowers and plants blooming.

Compost: The Natural Way to Make Food for Your Garden

DK Publishing (Dorling Kinders

This book is a recounting of some of the experiences I had while serving in the Army and Army Air Corps during WWII. The events are as accurate as I could recall without embellishment. I took the pictures of Don Lawless and Gene Van Houten in Don Woerpel's book, The 79th Fighter Group. This is an expanded version of my original book, "Memoirs of Ken Thompson, A WWII Fighter Pilot" I have also added my views on some of the issues facing our society.

Memoirs of a WWII Fighter Pilot and Some Modern Political Commentary

Biographies & Memoirs

Memoirs

Trafford

We expect our organizational leaders and managers to be competent in collaboration and competition. However, truly exceptional leaders are masters of collaboration and competition at the same time, within the same projects and even within the same teams. These Interplay Leaders understand the subtle yet continuous interplay of collaboration and competition necessary for a project’s success. The central argument of this book is that the current unspoken assumption in organizational leadership and management that all projects are either collaborative or competitive but never both is fatally flawed and produces, at best, sub-optimal results and at worst total failures. I discuss why I believe this ‘single dynamic’ mindset has gripped organizations by first reviewing the literature and then examining the etymology of the words “collaborate” and “compete.” I then look to biology, war, politics and sport to show that this division between collaboration and competition is artificial and not a natural state of affairs. I propose a new understanding of how these two activities, collaboration and competition, fundamentally interplay and suggest two new hybrid dynamics “Edgy Collaboration” and “Eco Competition” which organizational teams can recognise and employ. I also identify and describe 9 practical disciplines/skills for mastering the Collaborate/Compete “Interplay”: 1. Qualification 2. Teaming 3. Game Mapping 4. Scorecards 5. Reputation 6. Alliancing 7. Principled Negotiating 8. Decision-Making 9. Course Corrections I conclude by discussing how learning/simulation games can assist in building the skills needed to succeed in Interplay and describe 3 real on-line team game examples which explore the new interplay dynamics experientially and socially

A Systematic Guide to Collaboration and Competition within organizations: How understanding the Interplay of Collaboration and Competition maximises Business Performance (The Systematic Guide Series)

Skills

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

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Darwin's Most Wonderful Plants: A Tour of His Botanical Legacy

Key Quotations in Sociology (Nissan Institute/Routledge Japanese)

Key Quotations in Sociology

The Ecology of Seeds

The Ecology of Seeds

The Book of Weeds: How to Deal with Plants that Behave Badly

Bioteams: High Performance Teams Based on Nature's Most Successful Designs

Compost: The Natural Way to Make Food for Your Garden

Memoirs of a WWII Fighter Pilot and Some Modern Political Commentary

A Systematic Guide to Collaboration and Competition within organizations: How understanding the Interplay of Collaboration and Competition maximises Business Performance (The Systematic Guide Series)