Fruit
Edible, Inedible, Incredible
$55.26
- Hardcover
264 pages
- Release Date
7 October 2013
Summary
Fruit. The word itself conjures up mouthwatering memories of crunchy apples, luscious strawberries, sweet bananas, succulent melons and juicy pineapples, to which we can add the splendid tropical fruits on our supermarket shelves. They are one of nature’s most wonderful gifts but providing us with a healthy source of food is not the reason that plants produce such delicious fruits. It is therefore quite legitimate to ask what fruits are, and why they exist. As will be revealed, the true natu…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781906506421 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1906506426 |
| Author: | Wolfgang Stuppy, Rob Kesseler |
| Publisher: | Papadakis |
| Imprint: | Papadakis |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 264 |
| Edition: | Compact ed |
| Release Date: | 7 October 2013 |
| Weight: | 1.21kg |
| Dimensions: | 220mm x 200mm |
| Series: | Seeds / Pollen / Fruit |
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About The Author
Wolfgang Stuppy
Wolfgang Stuppy is the seed morphologist for the Millennium Seed Bank Project at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. At the heart of this large international project, which collects and stores seeds and fruits from all over the world, Dr. Stuppy has found the ideal environment to feed his passion for research into the astonishing diversity of seeds and fruits. Rob Kesseler is a visual artist and Professor of Ceramic Art & Design at Central Saint Martins College of Art & Design. Collaborating with scientists, his work inhabits a territory where design, fine art and applied art overlap. From 2001-2004 he was NESTA Fellow at Kew and continues to work with Wolfgang Stuppy on an examination of microscopic plant material. He is a Fellow of the Linnean Society and of the Royal Society of Arts. In 2010 he was appointed Research Fellow at the Gulbenkian Science Institute. His work has been exhibited around the world.
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