Author : Agnes Arber
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 267 pages
File Size : 39,25 MB
Release : 1970
Category : Science
ISBN : 1108045057
First published in 1950, this monograph on the morphology of flowering plants explores the relationship between philosophy and botany.
Author : Agnes Arber
Publisher : CUP Archive
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 41,50 MB
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Author : Adrian D. Bell
Publisher : Timber Press
Page : 433 pages
File Size : 12,11 MB
Release : 2008-09-03
Category : Science
ISBN : 088192850X
The ideal reference for students of botany and horticulture, gardeners, and naturalists. The diverse external shapes and structures that make up flowering plants can be bewildering and even daunting, as can the terminology used to describe them. An understanding of plant form—plant morphology—is essential to appreciating the wonders of the plant world and to the study of botany and horticulture at every level. In this ingeniously designed volume, the complex subject becomes both accessible and manageable. The first part of the book describes and clearly illustrates the major plant structures that can be seen with the naked eye or a hand lens. The second part focuses on how plants grow: bud development, the growth of reproductive organs, leaf arrangement, branching patterns, and the accumulation and loss of structures. Aimed at students of botany and horticulture, enthusiastic gardeners, and amateur naturalists, it functions as an illustrated dictionary, a basic course in plant morphology, and an intriguing and enlightening book to dip into.
Author : Jed Z. Buchwald
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 380 pages
File Size : 18,9 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780262524254
Shedding new light on the intellectual context of Newton's scientific thought, this book explores the development of his mathematical philosophy, rational mechanics, and celestial dynamics. An appendix includes the last paper written by Newton biographer Richard S. Westfall.
Author : Julius Sachs
Publisher :
Page : 1178 pages
File Size : 34,21 MB
Release : 1875
Category : Botany
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Author : C. W. Wardlaw
Publisher : Manchester University Press
Page : 440 pages
File Size : 24,3 MB
Release : 1968
Category : Botany
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Author : Peter R. Anstey
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 24,59 MB
Release : 2011-03-31
Category : History
ISBN : 0199589771
Peter Anstey presents an innovative study of John Locke's views on the method and content of natural philosophy. He argues that Locke was an advocate of the experimental philosophy: the new approach to natural philosophy championed by the scientists of the Royal Society who were opposed to speculative philosophy.
Author : Emanuele Coccia
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 183 pages
File Size : 40,71 MB
Release : 2019-01-16
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 1509531548
We barely talk about them and seldom know their names. Philosophy has always overlooked them; even biology considers them as mere decoration on the tree of life. And yet plants give life to the Earth: they produce the atmosphere that surrounds us, they are the origin of the oxygen that animates us. Plants embody the most direct, elementary connection that life can establish with the world. In this highly original book, Emanuele Coccia argues that, as the very creator of atmosphere, plants occupy the fundamental position from which we should analyze all elements of life. From this standpoint, we can no longer perceive the world as a simple collection of objects or as a universal space containing all things, but as the site of a veritable metaphysical mixture. Since our atmosphere is rendered possible through plants alone, life only perpetuates itself through the very circle of consumption undertaken by plants. In other words, life exists only insofar as it consumes other life, removing any moral or ethical considerations from the equation. In contrast to trends of thought that discuss nature and the cosmos in general terms, Coccia’s account brings the infinitely small together with the infinitely big, offering a radical redefinition of the place of humanity within the realm of life.
Author : Craig Holdrege
Publisher : SteinerBooks
Page : 325 pages
File Size : 27,83 MB
Release : 2013-10-15
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 1584201444
Who would imagine that plants can become master teachers of a radical new way of seeing and interacting with the world? Plants are dynamic and resilient, living in intimate connection with their environment. This book presents an organic way of knowing modeled after the way plants live. When we slow down, turn our attention to plants, study them carefully, and consciously internalize the way they live, a transformation begins. Our thinking becomes more fluid and dynamic; we realize how we are embedded in the world; we become sensitive and responsive to the contexts we meet; and we learn to thrive within a changing world. These are the qualities our culture needs in order to develop a more sustainable, life-supporting relation to our environment. While it is easy to talk about new paradigms and to critique our current state of affairs, it is not so easy to move beyond the status quo. That’s why this book is crafted as a practical guide to developing a life-infused way of interacting with the world.
Author : Barbara A. Ambrose
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 458 pages
File Size : 25,97 MB
Release : 2012-11-21
Category : Science
ISBN : 111825385X
The Evolution of Plant Form is an exceptional new volume in Wiley-Blackwell’s highly successful and well established Annual Plant Reviews. Written by recognised and respected researchers, this book delivers a comprehensive guide to the diverse range of scientific perspectives in land plant evolution, from morphological evolution to the studies of the mechanisms of evolutionary change and the tools with which they can be studied. This title distinguishes itself from others in plant evolution through its synthesis of these ideas, which then provides a framework for future studies and exciting new developments in this field. The first chapter explores the origins of the major morphological innovations in land plants and the following chapters provide an exciting, in depth analysis of the morphological evolution of land plant groups including bryophytes, lycophytes, ferns, gymnosperms and angiosperms. The second half of the book focuses on evolutionary studies in land plants including genomics, adaptation, development and phenotypic plasticity. The final chapter provides a summary and perspective for future studies in the evolution of plant form. The Evolution of Plant Form provides essential information for plant scientists and evolutionary biologists. All libraries and research establishments, where biological and agricultural sciences are studied and taught, will find this important work a vital addition to their shelves.
