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Powered by Plants

Meet the trees, flowers and vegetation that inspire our everyday technology

Clive Gifford & Gosia Herba

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Powered by Plants introduces the wondrous plants whose ingenious features have inspired innovations in human technology.

This book guides readers through a startling collection of fascinating vegetation, from towering cottonwood trees with wind power potential to slippery, meat-eating assassins of the plant world and the fast-growing aquatic plant which helps propel ships farther using less energy. Learn surprising applications and spin-offs of both exotic species including the world's largest flower that generates its own heat and more familiar plants such as bamboo, coconut and maize, all depicted in colourful, engaging fashion.

Colourful and lively illustrations and pop-out fact boxes bring the science in this book to life and shows us how much we can learn from studying the myriad magnificence of the natural world.