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Artikelmerkmale
- Artikelzustand
- Publication Date
- 2007-11-30
- Pages
- 432
- ISBN
- 9780226470528
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
ISBN-10
0226470520
ISBN-13
9780226470528
eBay Product ID (ePID)
59069089
Product Key Features
Book Title
Nature's Palette : the Science of Plant Color
Number of Pages
432 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2007
Topic
Life Sciences / Botany, Plants / General
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Nature, Science
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
0.1 in
Item Weight
36.1 Oz
Item Length
0.9 in
Item Width
0.6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2007-004229
Dewey Edition
22
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"This book is written for the 'informed non-scientist, probably with an interest in gardening or natural history.' David Lee hits his target audience very successfully. He obviously cares about colour because he tells us what photographic film he used for his significant personal contribution to the 238 colour photographs in this richly illustrated booka small point perhaps but indicative of the detail and care that has gone into its preparation."Timothy Walker, Times Higher Education Supplement, Lee takes his readers through the social history, ecology, evolution and biochemistry of plant colour. Lee makes no apologies for his unabashedly personal approach, and his love and enthusiasm for the subject shine through on every page., Nature''s Palette will captivate the nonscientist as well as the scientist in everyone. . . . [Lee] presents a fascinating description of the impact and importance of plants to people. . . . The book is beautifully illustrated and includes topics ranging from the nature and distribution of plant pigments in various plant parts (leaves, flowers, fruits, stems, and roots) to the use of plants to color skin as well as fabric. . . . The science in the book is solid, but is presented in a clear, nonintimidating fashion. Nature''s Palette will appeal to a wide audience., "A variegated hybrid of a book: an elegantly produced and beautifully illustrated cross between personal memoir, botanical miscellany and student text."-Alan Cane, Financial Times, This beautifully illustrated book . . . mixes scientific content and personal anecdotes with some art, history and sociology to show how plant colour has enriched the lives of men and women down through the ages. It should appeal to a broad readership., "A great book that will leave you looking at leaves and petals with renewed admiration."Adrian Barnett, New Scientist, This beautifully illustrated book . . . mixes scientific content and personal anecdotes with some art, history and sociology to show how plant colour has enriched the lives of men and women down through the ages. It should appeal to a broad readership., "This book is written for the 'informed non-scientist, probably with an interest in gardening or natural history.' David Lee hits his target audience very successfully. He obviously cares about colour because he tells us what photographic film he used for his significant personal contribution to the 238 colour photographs in this richly illustrated book-a small point perhaps but indicative of the detail and care that has gone into its preparation."-Timothy Walker, Times Higher Education Supplement, "Lee''s book is packed with many gems from botanical and social history. So captivating is his passion for botany that his occasionally bewildering carotenes and anthocyanins can be forgiven. His paean provides a compelling case that botany is full of intellectual challenges, many shamefully neglected."Philip Ball, Nature, "Lee''s book is packed with many gems from botanical and social history. So captivating is his passion for botany that his occasionally bewildering carotenes and anthocyanins can be forgiven. His paean provides a compelling case that botany is full of intellectual challenges, many shamefully neglected."-Philip Ball, Nature, Nature''s Palette will captivate the nonscientist as well as the scientist in everyone. . . . [Lee] presents a fascinating description of the impact and importance of plants to people. . . . The book is beautifully illustrated and includes topics ranging from the nature and distribution of plant pigments in various plant parts (leaves, flowers, fruits, stems, and roots) to the use of plants to color skin as well as fabric. . . . The science in the book is solid, but is presented in a clear, nonintimidating fashion. Nature''s Palette will appeal to a wide audience., Nature's Palette will captivate the nonscientist as well as the scientist in everyone. . . . [Lee] presents a fascinating description of the impact and importance of plants to people. . . . The book is beautifully illustrated and includes topics ranging from the nature and distribution of plant pigments in various plant parts (leaves, flowers, fruits, stems, and roots) to the use of plants to color skin as well as fabric. . . . The science in the book is solid, but is presented in a clear, nonintimidating fashion. Nature's Palette will appeal to a wide audience., "A variegated hybrid of a book: an elegantly produced and beautifully illustrated cross between personal memoir, botanical miscellany and student text."Alan Cane, Financial Times, "This beautifully illustrated book . . . mixes scientific content and personal anecdotes with some art, history and sociology to show how plant colour has enriched the lives of men and women down through the ages. It should appeal to a broad readership."Michael Prater, Chemistry World, A variegated hybrid of a book: an elegantly produced and beautifully illustrated cross between personal memoir, botanical miscellany and student text., "Lee takes his readers through the social history, ecology, evolution and biochemistry of plant colour. Lee makes no apologies for his unabashedly personal approach, and his love and enthusiasm for the subject shine through on every page."-Sandra Knapp, Times Literary Supplement, "David Lee's favorite plants, and the ones he has spent a lifetime investigating, are the jewel-like iridescent blue plants of the deeply shaded jungle understory, and these have stimulated him to embark on a wide-ranging book on the colors of nature. Lee moves with ease from basic sciencethe chemistry of pigment molecules, the physics of structural colors, the adaptive importance of plant colors for themselves and the animals that pollinate and disperse themto the role that plant colors play in human life, from the dyeing of cloth to our art, literature, and languages, and the psychological power of certain colors. Nature's Palette is a spacious book, full of wonder and wonders, in which the scientific and the personal, the poetic and the historical, come together in the most delightful wayit is a pure pleasure to read."Oliver Sacks, David Lee's favorite plants, and the ones he has spent a lifetime investigating, are the jewel-like iridescent blue plants of the deeply shaded jungle understory, and these have stimulated him to embark on a wide-ranging book on the colors of nature. Lee moves with ease from basic science--the chemistry of pigment molecules, the physics of structural colors, the adaptive importance of plant colors for themselves and the animals that pollinate and disperse them--to the role that plant colors play in human life, from the dyeing of cloth to our art, literature, and languages, and the psychological power of certain colors. Nature's Palette is a spacious book, full of wonder and wonders, in which the scientific and the personal, the poetic and the historical, come together in the most delightful way--it is a pure pleasure to read., This book is written for the 'informed non-scientist, probably with an interest in gardening or natural history.' David Lee hits his target audience very successfully. He obviously cares about colour because he tells us what photographic film he used for his significant personal contribution to the 238 colour photographs in this richly illustrated book-a small point perhaps but indicative of the detail and care that has gone into its preparation., A variegated hybrid of a book: an elegantly produced and beautifully illustrated cross between personal memoir, botanical miscellany and student text., [Lee] is at pains to convey his twin delights in plant anatomy and plant physiology to the non-specialist. He does this very well, indeed. . . . The colors of flowers, fruits, stems, and leaves: all are explained with clarity and precision., Designed to be understood by the well-educated layman, [the book] will serve equally as a good introductory text for undergraduates, getting out of our perceptual rut, and as a means of appreciating . . . the fruit and veg section of the local supermarket., Lee's book is packed with many gems from botanical and social history. So captivating is his passion for botany that his occasionally bewildering carotenes and anthocyanins can be forgiven. His paean provides a compelling case that botany is full of intellectual challenges, many shamefully neglected., David Lee's favorite plants, and the ones he has spent a lifetime investigating, are the jewel-like iridescent blue plants of the deeply shaded jungle understory, and these have stimulated him to embark on a wide-ranging book on the colors of nature. Lee moves with ease from basic science-the chemistry of pigment molecules, the physics of structural colors, the adaptive importance of plant colors for themselves and the animals that pollinate and disperse them-to the role that plant colors play in human life, from the dyeing of cloth to our art, literature, and languages, and the psychological power of certain colors. Nature's Palette is a spacious book, full of wonder and wonders, in which the scientific and the personal, the poetic and the historical, come together in the most delightful way-it is a pure pleasure to read., "Lee takes his readers through the social history, ecology, evolution and biochemistry of plant colour. Lee makes no apologies for his unabashedly personal approach, and his love and enthusiasm for the subject shine through on every page."Sandra Knapp, Times Literary Supplement, "A delightful journey through the joys and complexities of color in plants, David Lee's book will rapidly become the authoritative source for information on many areas of great and general interest. Easy to read, accurate, and original in its approach, this is an outstanding presentation. It is not only a useful way to learn about colors in plants, it is an excellent way to understand plants and what they mean to us-a great deal, not only in utilitarian ways, but in ways that enrich our lives and fill them with pleasure and interest."-Peter H. Raven, president, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, This book is written for the 'informed non-scientist, probably with an interest in gardening or natural history.' David Lee hits his target audience very successfully. He obviously cares about colour because he tells us what photographic film he used for his significant personal contribution to the 238 colour photographs in this richly illustrated book--a small point perhaps but indicative of the detail and care that has gone into its preparation., "This beautifully illustrated book . . . mixes scientific content and personal anecdotes with some art, history and sociology to show how plant colour has enriched the lives of men and women down through the ages. It should appeal to a broad readership."-Michael Prater, Chemistry World, "What E. O. Wilson did for Biophilia, David Lee does for 'Chlorophilia' and indeed the entirety of how we, a visual species, interact with the vegetative world around us. Lee does a masterful job in explaining the science underlying the colors produced by plants, and in doing so shows how they both illuminate and enrich our lives. No trip to the grocery store, the florist, or even out your front door will be the same after reading this book."--N. Michele Holbrook, Harvard University
Dewey Decimal
580
Table Of Content
Preface Acknowledgments One Coloring Our Bodies with Plants Two Light, Vision, and Color Three Nature's Palette Four The Canvas Five Patterns Six Leaves Seven Flowers Eight Fruits and Seeds Nine Stems and Roots Ten Iridescent Plants Eleven Why Leaves Turn Red Twelve Chlorophilia Appendix A: Plant Pigments and Related Molecules Appendix B: Separating Plant Pigments by Paper Chromatography Chapter Notes Illustration Notes Index
Synopsis
Though he didn't realize it at the time, David Lee began this book twenty-five years ago as he was hiking in the mountains outside Kuala Lumpur. Surrounded by the wonders of the jungle, Lee found his attention drawn to one plant in particular, a species of fern whose electric blue leaves shimmered amidst the surrounding green. The evolutionary wonder of the fern's extravagant beauty filled Lee with awe--and set him on a career-long journey to understand everything about plant colors. Nature's Palette is the fully ripened fruit of that journey--a highly illustrated, immensely entertaining exploration of the science of plant color. Beginning with potent reminders of how deeply interwoven plant colors are with human life and culture--from the shifting hues that told early humans when fruits and vegetables were edible to the indigo dyes that signified royalty for later generations--Lee moves easily through details of pigments, the evolution of color perception, the nature of light, and dozens of other topics. Through a narrative peppered with anecdotes of a life spent pursuing botanical knowledge around the world, he reveals the profound ways that efforts to understand and exploit plant color have influenced every sphere of human life, from organic chemistry to Renaissance painting to the highly lucrative orchid trade. Lavishly illustrated and packed with remarkable details sure to delight gardeners and naturalists alike, Nature's Palette will enchant anyone who's ever wondered about red roses and blue violets--or green thumbs.
LC Classification Number
QK669.L44 2007
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