The Big, Bad Book of Botany

Name: The Big, Bad Book of Botany
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ISBN: 9780062282750

The World's Most Fascinating Flora

Michael Largo

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William Morrow Paperbacks
22 September 2014

Botany & plant sciences; Gardening

""A wild ride through the plant world.”--The American Gardener

An entertaining and enlightening compendium of the world's most amazing and bizarre plants, revealing their secrets, history, and lore

What happens when you give a plant a polygraph test Can a flower really turn a human into a zombie What gives the gingko tree its stink The Big, Bad Book of Botany holds the incredible answers to all of these questions and more. From absinthe to zubrowka (a popular ingredient in Polish vodkas), award-winning author Michael Largo takes you through the historical and agricultural evolution of hundreds of plant species, revealing astonishing facts along the way. You'll be introduced to magic mushrooms, superfoods, and toxic teas. You'll learn about plants so valuable they have started international wars, so evolved they can trick animals into helping them survive, and so deadly a single taste of one will kill you. Featuring more than one hundred and forty illustrations, this fascinating and fun A-to-Z encyclopedia for all ages will transform the way you look at the natural world.

Did you know

The word hashish comes from the Arabic hashshashin, the name for a group of Persian assassins who were given the drug to calm their nerves before each assignment.

The fossil of the oldest-known tree to have thrived on the planet was found in New York's Catskill Mountains, and dates back to more than 360 million years ago.

The avocado, though delicious to humans, is toxic to most animals.

Sunflowers grow according to a mathematical formula known as the ""golden ratio,"" and almost always produce exactly 55 or 144 seeds.

Featuring more than 150 photographs and illustrations, The Big, Bad Book of Botany is a fascinating, fun A-to-Z encyclopedia for all ages that will transform the way we look at the natural world.

By: Michael Largo
Imprint: William Morrow Paperbacks
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 171mm, Spine: 26mm
Weight: 522g
ISBN: 9780062282750
ISBN 10: 0062282751
Pages: 416
Publication Date: 22 September 2014
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Michael Largo is the author of The Big, Bad Book of Beasts; God's Lunatics; Genius and Heroin; and the Bram Stoker Award-winning Final Exits: The Illustrated Encyclopedia of How We Die, as well as three novels. He and his family live in Florida with their dog, two turtles, a parrot, two canaries, and a tank of fish.