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Synopsis
Minute pollen grains have fascinated the scientifically curious for centuries. This beautifully produced and original book by an artist and a botanical scientist at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, is the result of their shared fascination for the perfect designs of these microscopic organism. Using light and scanning electron microscopy, they have created a dazzling array of pollen grain images, combined with exquisite photographs of their parent plants.Minute pollen grains have fascinated the scientifically curious for centuries. This beautifully produced and original book by an artist and a botanical scientist at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, is the result of their shared fascination for the perfect designs of these microscopic organism. Using light and scanning electron microscopy, they have created a dazzling array of pollen grain images, combined with exquisite photographs of their parent plants.
Synopsis
This beautifully produced and highly original book by an artist and a botanical scientist at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, results from their shared fascination for the perfect designs of these microscopic organisms.