[Taxacom] amazing new book on seeds published!

[Richard Jensen]

Dear Elly,

I apologize for suggesting that your note was an ad.  And, although I thought it read like
an ad, I should have acknowledged that your note was informative (I have marked the book
as one I want to see and perhaps purchase).

Cheers,

Dick J

Elly Vaes wrote:

> Dear Richard,
>
> I appreciate your reply. However, firstly, this is not an advertisement and
> secondly, the book is a popular scientific book and not a book specifically
> addressed to scientists, and that's what I was pointing to when I said "the
> only one of its kind".
>
> Regards,
>
> Elly
>
> >From: Richard Jensen <rjensen at saintmarys.edu>
> >To: Elly Vaes <roasty_ at hotmail.com>
> >CC: taxacom at mailman.nhm.ku.edu
> >Subject: Re: [Taxacom] amazing new book on seeds published!
> >Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2006 08:21:46 -0500
> >
> >This reads suspiciously like an advertisement.
> >
> >There are a number of excellent books on seeds already on the market.  The
> >one that comes
> >to mind immediately is "Seeds", by Jerry and Carol Baskin - perhaps the
> >most thoroughly
> >researched (at least at the time it was published) book on seed ecology,
> >physiology,
> >etc.  Admittedly, not intended for the layman, and not illustrated with
> >artistically
> >enhanced SEMs, neverthelss an excellent source of both general and specific
> >information
> >about the seeds of thousands of plants.
> >
> >Dick J
> >
> >Elly Vaes wrote:
> >
> > > Hi everybody,
> > >
> > > This one might be interesting for some of you. A new popular scientific
> >book
> > > has just been published on seeds. Being literally the only book of its
> >kind
> > > on the subject, the scholarly written but highly readable account
> >(judged so
> > > in an independent review) is a great educational tool and additional
> >read
> > > for university students and everybody interested in plant structure and
> > > evolution.
> > >
> > > Prepared by artist Rob Kesseler and Wolfgang Stuppy, Kew’s seed
> > > morphologist, "Seeds - Time Capsules of Life" is a book woven around the
> > > Millennium Seed Bank Project. It presents a natural history of seeds
> > > illustrated with some of the most spectacular examples of seeds and
> >fruits
> > > found in nature. The story begins with the evolution of seeds and their
> > > structure and discusses their dispersal through space and time, the
> >latter
> > > finally leading over to the Millennium Seed Bank Project which is
> >featured
> > > in a separate chapter.
> > > Using seeds collected in the UK and many of the MSB Partner Countries,
> >the
> > > highlight of the book are images taken with a scanning electron
> >microscope
> > > (SEM) that have subsequently been artistically enhanced by Rob Kesseler.
> >For
> > > the first time ever, “Seeds – Time Capsules of Life” reveals the minute
> >and
> > > breathtaking detail of seeds to the public eye and presents their
> >natural
> > > history before a scientifically sound background. The book has recently
> >been
> > > reviewed in the June issue of the BBC Wildlife Magazine and is now
> >available
> > > from the publisher's website (www.papadakis.net), amazon
> > >
> >(http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1901092666/026-9855724-4062031?v=glance&n=266239)
> > > and other book dealers. An American edition will be published by Firefly
> >in
> > > autumn.
> > >
> > > Seeds - Time Capsules of Life
> > > by Rob Kesseler & Wolfgang Stuppy
> > > Papadakis Publisher in collaboration with the Royal Botanic Gardens,
> >Kew,
> > > 264pp, £35.-
> > > ISBN 1901092666 (hb)
> > >
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Department of Biology      | fax: 574-284-4716
Saint Mary's College         | e-mail: rjensen at saintmarys.edu
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