Ginkgo : The Tree That Time Forgot

Peter Crane

ISBN 10: 0300213824 / ISBN 13: 9780300213829

Editore: Yale University Press Mär 2015, 2015

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Neuware - Originally published in hardcover in 2013. Codice articolo 9780300213829

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Titolo: Ginkgo : The Tree That Time Forgot

Casa editrice: Yale University Press Mär 2015

Data di pubblicazione: 2015

Legatura: Taschenbuch

Illustratore: Von Knorring, Pollyanna

Condizione: Neu

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Riassunto:

Presents the life story of a ginkgo tree, from its origin and proliferation to its decline and resurgence, highlighting the tree's cultural and social significance, medicinal uses, and role as a source of religious and artistic inspiration.

L'autore:

Peter Crane is Carl W. Knobloch Jr. Dean and professor, School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, Yale University, and former director of The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, UK. He was awarded the 2014 International Prize for Biology by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science. Crane divides his time between Oak Park, IL, and New Haven, CT.