Plants

by David Burnie

Book Overview

Come explore plants from the inside out! This visual dictionary looks at all kinds of plants and how nature uses them. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1564580164
• ISBN13: 9781564580160
• Release Date: January 1992
• Publisher: DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley)
• Length: 64 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 10.4" x 12.4"
• Age Range: 12 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 7 and higher

Customer Reviews

Visual Dictionary Deluxe

This is another visual delight in the DK Publishing tradition. This is a superb introduction to botany.It covers the major plant divisions(phyla); parts of plants and their respective tissues; explains(visually of course)processes like photosynthesis, pollination,germination; vegetative reproduction,etc. which occur in plants; and also looks at Seaweeds and Fungi which are not true plants but often studied alongside. Tiny details which would be impossible to see with the naked eye are magnified and clearly identified. Lots of terms are clearly defined and it is all beautiful. There is also a helpful plant taxonomy in the back of the book. This book will increase the wonder at, and enjoyment of the plant world for readers of any age. Toddlers will be fascinated by the illustrations and anyone who can read will be compelled to read the text around them to find out what he's looking at.A great book

the best and easiest intro to botany

This book is excellent. As a TA for a course in botany, I use it more than the textbook as a teaching tool because its pictures and diagrams are wonderful. I would recommend this as a complement to any course in botany.