Biology of Plants

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Summary: I have reached Enlightenment
Review: After meditating upon chapter one by the river a top the mountain, my essence dissociated from my body and i saw Buddha in a vission.

Translation: get this book!

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Summary: An excellent book on most contemporay aspects of botany
Review: Biology of Plants. This to me is one of the finest undergraduate texts on botany that I have been able to find. The explanations are extremely lucid and the diagrams and photographs are excellently researched and displayed. This book because of its clarity, maybe used by the general public and as a source of fascinating information into the world of plants. Not only is the anatomy and physiology well covered by the authors, but they delve into diversity, genetics and also cover the fundamentals of primary and secondary metabolism and area that is of real importance to those studying vegetarianism, food phytochemistry, nutrition and herbal medicine. It is a must for those who can afford to spend that little bit extra on a contemporary botanical text.

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Summary: Excellent introductory text
Review: I am a self-taught biology student with a special interest in botany. I've read sections of and otherwise skimmed all the plant biology texts printed in the past 40 years. This book is the one I bought for myself and read cover to cover and still refer to often. I recommend it highly, the more so for the solo reader.

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Summary: Terrific book; scholarly, thorough, accessible, entertaining
Review: I read this book in random chunks, as a volunteer for Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic, but found the parts I read (long books are normally read by multiple readers, in order to prepare recorded versions as quickly as possible) so fascinating that I came back to buy the book for myself and read it all.

Profusely illustrated (and I will say that many of the illustrations are a Major Pain to describe aloud!), _very_ well organized, and deeply insightful, the book has an excellent style; elegant and readable without any loss of information. It contains descriptions both of the history of botanical research and the state of current knowledge (expanding by leaps and bounds), and points the way into the future. Highly recommended!

--Diana Gabaldon, Ph.D.

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Summary: A great botany reference!
Review: This is one of the few text books I kept after the class. It's an invaluable general botany reference. The text is very readable, yet covers the material in great depth, which is no small feat considering the scope of the book.

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Summary: never tought botany could be entertaining
Review: When I first looked at this book I didn't tought I would learn so much from it. The book can get you interested even if you aren't interested from the beginning. The layout is excellent and written in a very userfriendly way. Really recommend it!