Smithsonian Trees of North America
ISBN: HB: 9780300185218,
Yale University Press,
August 2024
800 pp., 26,7x19,1 cm, 3626 colour illus.
800 pp., 26,7x19,1 cm, 3626 colour illus.
An indispensable illustrated source of information for hundreds of species of North American trees.
This authoritative reference on native and non-native trees of North America, by Smithsonian veteran W. John Kress, provides an unprecedented apprai...
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£60.00
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Field Guide to the Connecticut River
From New Hampshire to Long Island Sound
ISBN: FLEXI: 9780300264203,
Yale University Press,
April 2024
448 pp., 21,6x13,8 cm, 752 colour illus.
448 pp., 21,6x13,8 cm, 752 colour illus.
The first comprehensive natural history guide to the Connecticut River and its environs, with more than 750 illustrations.
The Connecticut River, New England's longest and most historic river, originates in northern New Hampshire and wends more tha...
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£25.00
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Born of Ice and Fire
How Glaciers and Volcanoes (with a Pinch of Salt) Drove Animal Evolution
ISBN: HB: 9780300242591,
Yale University Press,
January 2024
352 pp., 21,6x13,8 cm, 27 black&white illus.
352 pp., 21,6x13,8 cm, 27 black&white illus.
An exploration of how the Cryogenian Period, when our planet was covered in ice for millions of years, created today's remarkable biodiversity.
More than half a billion years ago, our world was completely covered by glaciers, a "Snowball Earth" tha...
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£20.00
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Curious Species
How Animals Made Natural History
ISBN: HB: 9780300266184,
Yale University Press,
January 2024
328 pp., 23,4x15,6 cm, 14 colour illus., 65 black&white illus.
328 pp., 23,4x15,6 cm, 14 colour illus., 65 black&white illus.
A compelling and innovative exploration of how animals shaped the field of natural history and its ecological afterlives.
Can corals build worlds? Do rattlesnakes enchant? What is a raccoon, and what might it know? Animals and the questions they ra...
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£30.00
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Unity of Science
Exploring Our Universe, from the Big Bang to the Twenty-First Century
ISBN: HB: 9780300253610,
Yale University Press,
January 2024
376 pp., 23,4x15,6 cm, 74 black&white illus.
376 pp., 23,4x15,6 cm, 74 black&white illus.
A journey guided by science that explores the universe, the earth, and the story of life.
For Irwin Shapiro, science starts with questions. This book provides a broad and entertaining survey of major scientific discoveries that have changed our vie...
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£20.00
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Wingsnappers
Lessons from an Exuberant Tropical Bird
ISBN: HB: 9780300269413,
Yale University Press,
November 2023
248 pp., 21,6x13,8 cm, 16 colour illus., 14 black&white illus.
248 pp., 21,6x13,8 cm, 16 colour illus., 14 black&white illus.
Birds, hormones, and extraordinary behavior: The story of the tiny but mighty golden-collared manakin of Panama.
This book is the story of a remarkable bird, the golden-collared manakin (Manacus vitellinus) of Panama. Males of this species perform...
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£30.00
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Lab for All Seasons
The Laboratory Revolution in Modern Botany and the Rise of Physiological Plant Ecology
ISBN: PB: 9780300267211,
ISBN: HB: 9780300267228,
Yale University Press,
September 2023
392 pp., 23,4x15,6 cm, 11 black&white illus.
392 pp., 23,4x15,6 cm, 11 black&white illus.
The first book to chronicle how innovation in laboratory designs for botanical research energized the emergence of physiological plant ecology as a vibrant subdiscipline.
Laboratory innovation since the mid-twentieth century has powered advances in...
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£30.00
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£65.00
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In the Herbarium
The Hidden World of Collecting and Preserving Plants
ISBN: HB: 9780300247916,
Yale University Press,
July 2023
336 pp., 23,4x15,6 cm, 42 black&white illus.
336 pp., 23,4x15,6 cm, 42 black&white illus.
How herbaria illuminate the past and future of plant science.
Collections of preserved plant specimens, known as herbaria, have existed for nearly five centuries. These pressed and labeled plants have been essential resources for scientists, allowi...
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£25.00
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Blooming Flowers
A Seasonal History of Plants and People
ISBN: PB: 9780300264791,
Yale University Press,
April 2022
272 pp., 19,6x12,7 cm, 84 colour illus.
272 pp., 19,6x12,7 cm, 84 colour illus.
The bright yellow of a marigold and the cheerful red of a geranium, the evocative fragrance of a lotus or a saffron-infused paella – there is no end of reasons to love flowers. Ranging through the centuries and across the globe, Kasia Boddy looks at...
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£9.99
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Urban Lichens
A Field Guide for Northeastern North America
ISBN: FLEXI: 9780300252996,
Yale University Press,
October 2021
168 pp., 20,3x12,7 cm, 121 colour illus.
168 pp., 20,3x12,7 cm, 121 colour illus.
Lichens are dynamic, symbiotic organisms formed by close cooperation between fungi and algae. There are over 20,000 identified species performing essential ecosystem services worldwide. Extremely sensitive to air pollution, they have returned to citi...
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£27.50
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