PLANT-LIFE, a Walk with Nature

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Title: PLANT-LIFE, a Walk with Nature 

Author: Edward Bent
Language: English

Paperback/Self-published
ISBN: 979-12-210-0957-6

 

Page number: 240 (approx.60.000 words).

Readership/Age and Grades: Young Adult. 

Printer: BookVault
Binding: Perfect binding

 

Photographs & Illustrations: About 70% of the 124 colour photographs and original illustrations are by the author, the remainder from 34 different sources - private individuals, science laboratories, universities, botanical gardens, artists, publishers and research institutes from – sourced from 7 different countries. A full listing can be found on page 212.

 

Tables: Five different tables provide information from Research papers and the IUCN (international Union for Conservation of Nature), in some cases elaborated by the author. Pages: 42, 70, 151, 183.

 

Poems, Prose, Catch-phrases: William Blake, John Gay, WUR Research - Wageningen, Arthur Bent, Edward Bent. Pages 34, 38, 98, 131, 154 (excepting catch-phrases).

 

Bibliography: 17 pages (221-237) plus index and glossary. 

 

Book reviews: Natural History Society (UK), The Herb Society (UK), National Association for Environmental Education (UK), South London Botanical Institute, Botanical Society for Britain & Ireland, Glasgow Natural History Association, Wild Flower Society (UK), Natural History Book Service (UK), Philip Franses – Holistic education (UK), Dr. Luciana Zedda – Biodiversity Projects (D), Mary Bartlett (teacher & horticulturalist, UK), Dr. Henk-Maarten Laane – researcher (NL), Dr. Wendy Zellner – researcher (USA). 

 

This book is recognized as being highly informative, thought-provoking but dense. The density is largely due to the authors wish to realize an account of plant-life, viewed more from nature as a whole rather than from just plant-science, including a great many interdisciplinary connections. Readers are recommended to first take a general view of the subject chapters, dipping-in here and there, before embarking on a more sustained read. The book was not realized as easy reading but to interest, inform and educate. It will last the test of time.

 

Summary: An adventurous, wide-sweeping and versatile book on the curiosities and wonders of plant-life and our involvement with nature. It counts both as a textbook and an informative source for a wide-ranging readership; a resource for plant science and wildflowers, hiking and botanizing, art-work, biodiversity, education and life-style. It provides a framework of understanding and engenders a critical, questioning mind with which to approach biodiversity and climate change. www.nartura.net.

 

Categories: Nature, Plant-Life, Education, Body Mind & Spirit, Crafts & Hobbies. Amateur and professional natural history clubs and societies, botanists, ecologists and environmentalists, students and teachers, excursionists and guides. Natural history museums, libraries, local government authorities and administrators of parks, nature reserves and gardens (wildlife, wildflower, arts & crafts gardens), landscaping and green spaces in general.  An informed public, interested in natural history, outdoor pursuits, nature photography, art & crafts, that focus on plants, wildflowers and wilderness. 

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Publisher - Edward Bent

Language - English

Paperback

Contributors

Author

Edward Bent

Published Date - January 01 2022

ISBN - 9791221009576

Dimensions - 21.0 x 14.8 x 1.4 cm

Page Count - 240