H.E. Jaques
Autor/a de How to Know the Insects
Sobre l'autor
Obres de H.E. Jaques
Plant families, how to know them; pictured-keys for determining the families of nearly all of the members of the entire… (1948) 54 exemplars
Plants we eat and wear : an illustrated key to the plants upon which man is directly dependent for his food and… (1975) 11 exemplars
How to know the economic plants : an illustrated key for identifying the plants used by man for food and in other… (1958) 9 exemplars
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- Nom normalitzat
- Jaques, H.E.
- Nom oficial
- Jaques, Harry Edwin
- Gènere
- male
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Estadístiques
- Obres
- 12
- Membres
- 383
- Popularitat
- #63,101
- Valoració
- 3.7
- Ressenyes
- 3
- ISBN
- 37
Originally, I picked up this book intending to do some basic plant research and pick up some fun facts for an eternally-unfinished novel. I received much more than I expected, however. The sheer diversity described in this little book alone was staggering, and the line drawings were really accurate as well, comparable to any color image I looked up. There's some solid information here on how to identify both well-known and unfamiliar plants, which is still applicable today. But mostly, I was reminded of how vital plants are to our biosphere, from the smallest unicellular species to the most massive trees, and how it's so easy to forget about these silent and sometimes invisible beings whose existence keeps us alive. I might be the furthest thing from a botanist, but this little book with its insanely big words gave me an appreciation for the field that I never thought I'd have.
In short, if you:
(1) love plants/fungi,
(2) understand highly specific botanical terms (or repeatedly use the glossary), and
(3) are interested in the backstory behind fun names like the touch-me-not, flower-of-an-hour, eastern wahoo, and the Phallus genus of fungi (latter may be self-explanatory)
- then this book is for you! Comes with occasional quips of dry humor, such as this sage warning from the fungi chapter: "If you are not sure of your identifications, you'd better be careful. Death is so permanent."
Glad I kept this one around for as long as I did.… (més)