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Seeds: Nature's Intrepid Miracles

內容簡介

內容簡介 A gorgeous, captivating exploration of nature’s ingenuity, this volume offers fascinating details, facts, and lore of seeds from around the world. Perfect for both young and adult readers curious about the natural world, this celebration of life and growth combines scientific accuracy with artistic beauty.This stunning volume serves as an illustrated herbarium, a work of popular science, and an art book, all in one. It beautifully showcases the incredible diversity and miraculous properties of nearly 150 seeds from across the globe.Each page features a single seed, brought to life through exquisite illustrations that capture its intricate details and unique characteristics.Organized by the ways in which seeds are dispersed—by wind, water, or human and animal interaction.The book features brief, engaging texts that explain how nature has perfectly designed each seed for its specific role.Readers will encounter the brilliant green spiral of the alfalfa seed, which scatters far and wide when grown in the wild. They will find new fascination in familiar seeds like the sugar maple’s jewel-like propellers and the wild carrot’s dome of tiny white flowers.Did you know?One of the largest seeds—the coconut—has a hollow, waterproof shell that enables it to journey across oceans.The fearsome horns of the water chestnut, which anchors itself in the mud to germinate.

作者介紹

作者介紹 CruschiformCRUSCHIFORM is a French creative studio founded by Marie-Laure Cruschi. Their previous book, Colorama, is published by Prestel.

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最佳賣點 : 你知道嗎? 椰子是世上最大的種子之一，它有一個中空、防水的果殼，使它能漂洋過海；荸薺長著可怕的角狀結構，如此它才能把自己固定在泥土中以便發芽；苜蓿種子有令人驚艷的綠色螺旋形，在野外生長時方能四處散播... 此書細膩的插畫搭配簡潔易懂的文字，帶你認識全球近150種種子的多樣性與神奇特性。

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