Xerophile, Revised Edition

Author: Cactus Store
Publisher: Ten Speed Press
ISBN: 198485934X
Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 353

Book Description
An updated edition of the cult classic, featuring stunning archival photographs of hundreds of the rarest and most spectacular plants on Earth, taken by a motley crew of cactus obsessives “A catalogue of wonders that most of us will never get to see in person.”—The New Yorker From the people behind Cactus Store comes Xerophile, a photographic collection of these improbable desert wonders in the wild. Drawing on the archives of twenty-five cactus obsessives—from PhD botanist to banker, art teacher to cancer researcher—this revised edition spans eighty years and features new and expanded descriptive notes for all 350+ photos. Xerophile brings together eighty years’ worth of these explorers’ remarkable images from some of the world’s most remote habitats: a peculiar two-leaved plant that lives for millennia in the deserts of Namibia; succulents whose poisonous sap is used by hunters to fell large game in Angola; and cactus that live on snow-covered mountains in Bolivia, sink below ground level to survive droughts in Mexico, are pollinated by bats in Brazil, and grow in pure lava fields of the Galápagos Islands.

Xerophile, Revised Edition

Author: Cactus Store
Publisher: Ten Speed Press
ISBN: 1984859358
Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 353

Xerophile

Author: Cactus Store
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780998723907
Category : Cactus
Languages : en
Pages : 352

Book Description
Xerophile: Cactus Photographs from Expeditions of the Obsessed is the first book of its kind. A selection of over five hundred photographs of arguably the rarest and most spectacular plants on earth, photographed in their natural habitats over the past 80 years by a global cadre of obsessed cactus aficionados made up of both the amateur and the professional¿from Ph.D. botanist to banker, art teacher to cancer researcher.Fueled by whispers of ancient plants on forgotten hilltops in Brazil, legends of fields of living fossils deep in the arid deserts of Chile, these explorers¿ relentless drive to find and document succulent plants in some of the most remote landscapes on earth has created an extraordinary collective body of photographic work, one which has rarely, if ever, been seen by the general public.Compiled by the proprietors of the Cactus Store in Los Angeles¿Xerophile is not a field guide or taxonomy. Neither is it a book of photography in the traditional sense. Rather, it mines the space between science and art, between gravity and levity; a space in which plants that by many measures should not exist, and may very well cease to, live on in the darkness of dusty slide carousels and forgotten old hard drives of those who have devoted their lives to searching, writing, gossiping, thinking, dreaming and, if they are lucky¿after weeks of false turns, stuck jeeps, and steep mountain paths¿laying their eyes on the plant they have so desperately been seeking.Edited by Cactus Store Designed by Help.Ltd Hat & Beard Press #9

Cacti of Eastern Brazil

Author: Nigel P. Taylor
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 522

Book Description
Phytogeographicallyisolated from other cactihabitats by 'hostile'environments, EasternBrazil boasts a highpercentage of endemictaxa, making it a discretearea of study and of greatimportance forconservation. Thislandmark publicationincludes 77 full page colour plates and 51 colourmaps.

Aloes in Southern Africa

Author: Gideon Smith
Publisher: Penguin Random House South Africa
ISBN: 1920544445
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 446

Book Description
Aloes are stately succulent plants that capture the allure of the African savanna. Aloes in Southern Africa explores the character and biology of African aloes, their habits, characteristic features and distribution in nature. It details 58 aloe and related species, cultivation and propagation, gardening styles and plants that flourish in different regions, plus medicinal, cosmetic and culinary uses. Whether you are starting a garden, redeveloping one or simply looking to expand your knowledge of these fascinating succulents, Aloes in Southern Africa will prove an invaluable guide.

Fungi and Food Spoilage

Author: John I. Pitt
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 1461563917
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 599

Book Description
This book is designed as a laboratory guide for the food microbiologist, to assist in the isolation and identification of common food-borne fungi. We emphasise the fungi which cause food spoilage, but also devote space to the fungi commonly encountered in foods at harvest, and in the food factory. As far as possible, we have kept the text simple, although the need for clarity in the descriptions has necessitated the use of some specialised mycological terms. The identification keys have been designed for use by microbiologists with little or no prior knowledge of mycology. For identification to genus level, they are based primarily on the cultural and physiological characteristics of fungi grown under a standardised set of conditions. The microscopic features of the various fungi become more important when identifying isolates at the species level. Nearly all of the species treated have been illustrated with colony photographs, together with photomicrographs or line drawings. The photomicrographs were taken using a Zeiss WL microscope fitted with Nomarski interference contrast optics. We are indebted to Mr W. Rushton and Ms L. Burton, who printed the many hundreds of photographs used to make up the figures in this book. We also wish to express out appreciation to Dr D.L. Hawksworth, Dr A.H.S.

Mesembs of the World

Author: Gideon Smith
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781875093137
Category : Aizoaceae
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Well-illustrated, easy-to-read guide to the 123 mesembs genera currently recognized

Why We Get Sick

Author: Randolph M. Nesse, MD
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0307816001
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 306

Book Description
The next time you get sick, consider this before picking up the aspirin: your body may be doing exactly what it's supposed to. In this ground-breaking book, two pioneers of the science of Darwinian medicine argue that illness as well as the factors that predispose us toward it are subject to the same laws of natural selection that otherwise make our bodies such miracles of design. Among the concerns they raise: When may a fever be beneficial? Why do pregnant women get morning sickness? How do certain viruses "manipulate" their hosts into infecting others? What evolutionary factors may be responsible for depression and panic disorder? Deftly summarizing research on disorders ranging from allergies to Alzheimer's, and form cancer to Huntington's chorea, Why We Get Sick, answers these questions and more. The result is a book that will revolutionize our attitudes toward illness and will intrigue and instruct lay person and medical practitioners alike.

MCQs in Microbiology

Author: G. Vidya Sagar
Publisher: New Age International
ISBN: 8122423523
Category : Medical microbiology
Languages : en
Pages : 21

Book Description

The Adventures of Alexander Von Humboldt

Author: Andrea Wulf
Publisher: Pantheon
ISBN: 1524747378
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 274

Book Description
A KIRKUS REVIEWS BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR From the New York Times bestselling author of The Invention of Nature, comes a breathtakingly illustrated and brilliantly evocative recounting of Alexander Von Humboldt's five year expedition in South America. Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859) was an intrepid explorer and the most famous scientist of his age. His restless life was packed with adventure and discovery, but his most revolutionary idea was a radical vision of nature as a complex and interconnected global force that does not exist for the use of humankind alone. His theories and ideas were profoundly influenced by a five-year exploration of South America. Now Andrea Wulf partners with artist Lillian Melcher to bring this daring expedition to life, complete with excerpts from Humboldt's own diaries, atlases, and publications. She gives us an intimate portrait of the man who predicted human-induced climate change, fashioned poetic narrative out of scientific observation, and influenced iconic figures such as Simón Bolívar, Thomas Jefferson, Charles Darwin, and John Muir. This gorgeous account of the expedition not only shows how Humboldt honed his groundbreaking understanding of the natural world but also illuminates the man and his passions.