The Evolution of Plants
£23.37
Six stars for readability alone. - I d give this book six stars for readability, besides which it s neatly laid out, easily referenced and with superb illustrations. Who would have thought that the evolution of plants could provide such a fascinating experience and thrilling journey! The text takes us in readily assimilated steps from the very beginning of life itself on planet earth right through to today. Each chapter ends with a useful summary that helps fix facts in the reader s mind before he/she moves on to the next chapter. This is a delightful book that can be kept and cherished and dipped into at any time when it will never fail to give joy and inspiration to the reader. If you think that animal evoltion is fascinating, try reading this book and discover that plant evolution is just as exciting. There are lots of good books around. This is one of those rare books that one can honestly label outstanding .
Wow! - Well there are lots of reviews of this on US Amazon.Suffice it to say that even a total amateur (me) can follow this with effort and that the book is extremely well written and utterly fascinating. For a start you can not follow the history of insects or vertebrates without knowing the development of plants.Who would have thought that the most recent plant group to evolve , and in relatively modern times, were....cacti! Or that plants were relatively uneffected by any of the major periods of extinction:think like a gardener- you can hack em down but you can t get rid of them. Even The Home Depot has noticed people s interest in living fossils .It has the Sago Palm (very wrongly) labelled The world s oldest plant known to man.Still, you have to have one in your garden!!