Nature's Fabric : Leaves in Science and Culture /

Leaves are all around us-in backyards, cascading from window boxes, even emerging from small cracks in city sidewalks given the slightest glint of sunlight. Perhaps because they are everywhere, it's easy to overlook the humble leaf, but a close look at them provides one of the most enjoyable wa...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Lee, David (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, [2021]
Temas:
Leaves.
NATURE / General.
art.
botany.
culture.
evolution.
history.
leaves.
philosophy.
science.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • One Green Men
  • Two Leaf History
  • Three Green Machinery
  • Four Nature's Fabric
  • Five Leaf Economics
  • Six Metamorphosis
  • Seven Architecture
  • Eight Shapes and Edges
  • Nine Surfaces
  • Ten Veins
  • Eleven Color
  • Twelve Food
  • Thirteen Homes
  • Fourteen Movements
  • Fifteen Seeing Leaves
  • Acknowledgments
  • Appendix A: Leaf Terminology
  • Notes for Appendix A
  • Appendix B: Drying and Preserving Leaves for Craft Projects
  • Appendix C: Leaves for School Science Labs and Projects
  • Chapter Notes
  • Illustration Notes
  • Index

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