Nature's Palette: The Science of Plant Color
Nature's Palette: The Science of Plant Color
$35.00
Lee, David
Cl. Chicago, 2007
Book ID: 75284
Natures Palette is a highly illustrated, immensely entertaining exploration of the science of plant color. Beginning with potent reminders of how deeply interwoven plant colors are with human life and culture, Lee moves easily through details of pigments, the evolution of color perception, the nature of light, and dozens of other topics. Through a narrative peppered with anecdotes of a life spent pursuing botanical knowledge around the world, he reveals the profound ways that efforts to understand and exploit plant color have influenced every sphere of human life, from organic chemistry to Renaissance painting to the highly lucrative orchid trade.
409 pp., 438 color, 114 B&W illus.
