Hidden Bibliographic Details
| Other authors / contributors: | Whitesides, Amy.
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| ISBN: | 9780226757803
0226757803
1282240056
9781282240056
9780226757735
0226757730
9780226757742
0226757749
9786612240058
6612240059
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| Notes: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-209) and index.
English.
Print version record.
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| Summary: | The story of seeds, in a nutshell, is a tale of evolution. From the tiny sesame that we sprinkle on our bagels to the forty-five-pound double coconut borne by the coco de mer tree, seeds are a perpetual reminder of the complexity and diversity of life on earth. With An Orchard Invisible, Jonathan Silvertown presents the oft-ignored seed with the natural history it deserves, one nearly as varied and surprising as the earth's flora itself. Beginning with the evolution of the first seed plant from fernlike ancestors more than 360 million years ago, Silvertown carries his tale through epochs and a.
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| Other form: | Print version: Silvertown, Jonathan W. Orchard invisible. Chicago ; London : University of Chicago Press, 2009 9780226757735 0226757730
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| Standard no.: | 40016628888
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