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The Plant Hunter

2022-06-14 Biography & Autobiography
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Release : 2022-06-14
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
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Book Rating : 138/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis The Plant Hunter by : Cassandra Leah Quave

Download or read book The Plant Hunter written by Cassandra Leah Quave. This book was released on 2022-06-14. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The uplifting, adventure-filled memoir of one groundbreaking scientist’s quest to develop new ways to fight illness and disease through the healing powers of plants. “A fascinating and deeply personal journey.” ­—Amy Stewart, author of Wicked Plants and The Drunken Botanist Traveling by canoe, ATV, mule, airboat, and on foot, Dr. Cassandra Quave has conducted field research everywhere from the flooded forests of the remote Amazon to the isolated mountaintops in Albania and Kosovo—all in search of natural compounds, long-known to traditional healers, that could help save us all from the looming crisis of untreatable superbugs. Dr. Quave is a leading medical ethnobotanist—someone who identifies and studies plants that may be able to treat antimicrobial resistance and other threatening illnesses—helping to provide clues for the next generation of advanced medicines. And as a person born with multiple congenital defects of her skeletal system, she's done it all with just one leg. In The Plant Hunter, Dr. Quave weaves together science, botany, and memoir to tell us the extraordinary story of her own journey.

The Planthunter

2019-04-30 Architecture
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Release : 2019-04-30
Genre : Architecture
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 647/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis The Planthunter by : Georgina Reid

Download or read book The Planthunter written by Georgina Reid. This book was released on 2019-04-30. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An exciting and refreshing call to arms, The Planthunter is a new generation of gardening book for a new generation of gardener that encourages readers to fall in love with the natural world by falling in love with plants.

The Planthunter

2022-02-17
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Release : 2022-02-17
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Book Rating : 372/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis The Planthunter by : T. L. Mogford

Download or read book The Planthunter written by T. L. Mogford. This book was released on 2022-02-17. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Plant Hunters

2017 Plant collecting
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Release : 2017
Genre : Plant collecting
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Book Rating : 164/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis The Plant Hunters by : Carolyn Fry

Download or read book The Plant Hunters written by Carolyn Fry. This book was released on 2017. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Travel across the world and through history to meet the botanical pioneers who changed our landscape. Plant Hunters tells the story of our obsession with all things that grow--both for their beauty and their economic potential--and the creation of botanical gardens to cultivate them. This sumptuous, intriguing volume moves from East to West and back again, introducing the botanists, explorers, and empire builders who gathered plants such as the coconut tree, roses, and numerous fruits and vegetables to bring back home. Showcasing hundreds of breathtaking illustrations and historical documents, it examines the species we now take for granted and the plants that have enriched and impoverished nations.

The Plant Hunters

2015-12-15 Juvenile Nonfiction
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Release : 2015-12-15
Genre : Juvenile Nonfiction
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Book Rating : 292/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis The Plant Hunters by : Anita Silvey

Download or read book The Plant Hunters written by Anita Silvey. This book was released on 2015-12-15. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Driven by an all-consuming passion, the plant hunters traveled around the world, facing challenges at every turn: tropical illnesses, extreme terrain, and dangerous animals. They battled piranhas, tigers, and vampire bats. Even the plants themselves could be lethal! But these intrepid eighteenth- and nineteenth-century explorers were determined to find and collect new and unusual specimens, no matter what the cost. Then they tried to transport the plants—and themselves—home alive. Creating an important legacy in science, medicine, and agriculture, the plant hunters still inspire the scientific and environmental work of contemporary plant enthusiasts. Working from primary sources—journals, letters, and notes from the field—Anita Silvey introduces us to these daring adventurers and scientists. She takes readers into the heart of their expeditions to then-uncharted places such as the Amazon basin, China, and India. As she brings a colorful cast of characters to life, she shows what motivated these Indiana Jones–type heroes. In The Plant Hunters, science, history, and adventure have been interwoven to tell a largely forgotten—yet fascinating—story.

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