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A visual compendium of botanical sketches, many specially photographed, providing a revealing insight into the immediate responses of artists encountering the glories of the plant world. While highly finished drawings and paintings frequently feature in histories of botanical art, the preparatory sketches, first impressions and creative thoughts on paper behind them are rarely seen and have often remained hidden and locked away. Botanical Sket...

A glorious celebration of the beauty, diversity, importance and sheer wonder of plants, with exquisite illustrations from the collections of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Plants feed us, clothe us, shelter us, help transport us, and can both intoxicate and cure us. From food staples to exotic and enchanting flowers, plants are essential for the wellbeing of our selves and our planet. Helen and William Bynum are expert guides to the intriguin...

A series of seventy articles provides an unrivalled account of the international evolution of medical knowledge and practice. Sickness and health, birth and death, disease and cure: medicine and our understanding of the workings of our bodies and minds are an inextricable part of how we know who we are. With science of healing now more vital than ever, as our bodies face new challenges from the globalization of disease, environmental change an...

Für historisch Interessierte, Zeichnende und Naturforschende: Diese meisterhaften Zeichnungen erfassen das Wesen der Pflanzen.Von Leonardo da Vinci bis Margaret Mee: botanische Skizzenbücher aus sechs Jahrhunderten.Amateure und Berufskünstler, Wissenschaftler, Illustratoren, Sammler und Abenteurer: Sie alle wollten das Wesen der Pflanzen zeichnerisch festhalten. Sie skizzierten deren vergängliche Schönheit, den Schimmer eines Blütenblatts, pud...

A celebration of the beauty, diversity, importance and wonder of plants, with illustrations from the collections of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

An unrivaled account of the evolution of medical knowledge and practice from ancient Egypt, India, and China to the latest technology.

A visual compendium of botanical sketches, many specially photographed, providing an insight into the fresh and immediate responses of artists encountering the glories of the plant world. 250 illustrations.

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Imagine a typical morning--munching on a bowl of cereal, sipping coffee, dressing for the day, riding to work. Every moment of this common routine draws on the power of plants, and the centuries of development that brought wheat, coffee beans, cotton, and rubber--among many others--into our daily lives.Remarkable Plants celebrates the wonder and utility of the green kingdom, taking a detailed look at how plants have shaped our world. It focuse...