Name: Pollination Power von Heather Angel
SKU: 9781842466063
Price: 12.99 EUR
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Pollination Power Zusammenfassung

Pollination Power Heather Angel

Pollination Power is a visually spectacular insight into the hidden secrets of plant pollination, unravelling the deceit, tricks and rewards that plant bestow upon their pollinators. Throughout the book, full page colour photographs are accompanied with extended captions, telling the stories of the different pollination methods used by plants. This will be Heather's 60th book, adding to her impressive back catalogue of natural history photography books.

Pollination Power Bewertungen

Any book by Heather Angel is going to be full of stunning photographs. Just one look at the cover makes you realise just how impressive these photographs will be. This is a great book for browsing but also for teaching the detailed anatomy of floral parts and the adaptation that plants have developed for pollinators.
One of Europe's most celebrated nature photographers, Heather Angel is recognised for her exquisite images which marry science with art. She has an almost Cartier Bresson-esque ability to capture decisive moments in nature. -- Geoff Harris
Pollination Power is a beautiful and informative insight into the hidden secrets of plant pollination.
An insight into the clever tricks and rewards plants use to attract pollinators.
Photographer Angel has traveled the world to document how plants attract pollinators. Her mesmerizing images showcase magenta hibiscus trumpets in Hawaii, stubbly Arabian starflower stamens and pollen-covered bees in Tajikistan, as well as beetles, butterflies and birds swooping in to feed. Angel's words highlight the various ways flowers communicate with such creatures. The photographs and text are all tied together in a gorgeous large-format book.
Find out the intricacies of how flowers communicate with their pollinators in award-winning wildlife photographer's dazzling tome Pollination Power. -- Hannah Stephenson
Pollination Power is a marriage of art and science consistent with Heather's work over the past five decades, during which time she has remained one of the UK's best known nature photographers. -- David Clark
Pollination Power by wildlife photographer Heather Angel is full of sumptuous photographs showing pollen grains puffing out of flowers, bees snuffling among the petals and even geckos lapping up nectar.
This is a glorious and informative book that should be picked up from the coffee table and used to discover what a wonderful, surprising world we live in.

Über Heather Angel

Heather Angel began working as a marine biologist, but abandoned this for a career as a wildlife photographer. Now she manages her own image library - Natural Visions.Heather's work has been recognised by worldwide honours, including a special professorship from Nottingham University. She was President of The Royal Photographic Society from 1984-1986.

Zusätzliche Informationen

Sku

GOR007087795

ISBN 13

9781842466063

ISBN 10

1842466062

Titel

Pollination Power Heather Angel

Autor

Heather Angel

Zustand

Gebraucht - Sehr Gut

Bindung

Gebundene Ausgabe

Verlag

Royal Botanic Gardens

Datum

20151001

Anzahl der Seiten

242

Preise

N/A

Begleitschreiben

Die Abbildung des Buches dient nur Illustrationszwecken, die tatsächliche Bindung, das Cover und die Auflage können sich davon unterscheiden.

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