Darwin's Most Wonderful Plants : Darwin's Botany Today 英文原版 达尔文最奇妙的植物:今天的达尔文植物学 Ken Thompson

基本信息

By (author) Ken Thompson

Format Paperback | 256 pages

Dimensions 129 x 198 x 18mm | 251g

Publication date 04 Jul 2019

Publisher Profile Books Ltd

Publication City/Country London, United Kingdom

Language English

Edition Statement Main

Illustrations note Photographs and illustrations

ISBN10 1788160290

ISBN13 9781788160292

页面参数仅供参考，具体以实物为准

内容简介

当我们想起达尔文的时候，我们想到的，大多是他随小猎犬号探险航行，在加拉帕戈斯群岛获得灵感并最终形成了他的进化论。然而被人们所忽视的是，达尔文的《物种起源》是在此次航行结束三十年后才最终发表的，在这三十年的过程中，达尔文的工作重心则是在于有关植物的观察和实验。他尤为喜爱研究食肉植物、攀缘植物，以及花朵的授粉和进化。  

本书作者肯·汤普森视达尔文为先驱植物学家，达尔文的许多观察和理论，在当时都太过前沿，以至于直到现代科学发展才得以证明。像达尔文一样，汤普森也为植物的迷人力量所着迷，尤其是食肉植物如同“巨怪”一样的外表、捕猎时的植物运动以及奇妙的“植物智慧”。 这本书将填补空白，重证达尔文“先驱植物学家”的身份。达尔文对植物的深度观察，是其推演出进化论的重要基础。

Most of us think of Darwin at work on The Beagle, taking inspiration for his theory of evolution from his travels in the Galapagos. But Darwin published his Origin of Species nearly thirty years after his voyages and most of his labours in that time were focused on experimenting with and observing plants at his house in Kent. He was particularly interested in carnivorous and climbing plants, and in pollination and the evolution of flowers.

Ken Thompson sees Darwin as a brilliant and revolutionary botanist, whose observations and theories were far ahead of his time - and are often only now being confirmed and extended by high-tech modern research. Like Darwin, he is fascinated and amazed by the powers of plants - particularly their Triffid-like aspects of movement, hunting and 'plant intelligence'.

This is a much needed book that re-establishes Darwin as a pioneering botanist, whose close observations of plants were crucial to his theories of evolution.

我们大多数人都认为达尔文在《小猎犬》上的创作是从他在加拉帕戈斯群岛旅行中获得的进化论灵感。但是达尔文在航行30年后发表了《物种起源》，当时他的大部分工作都集中于在肯特郡的房子里试验和观察植物。他对食肉和攀援植物以及授粉和花朵进化特别感兴趣。

肯·汤普森（Ken Thompson）认为达尔文是一位杰出而革命的植物学家，他的观察和理论远远超过了他的时代-常常直到现在才被高科技的现代研究所证实和扩展。像达尔文一样，他对植物的力量着迷，并为之惊叹，尤其是植物在运动，狩猎和“植物智能”方面类似Triffid的方面。 这是一本非常需要的书，它重新确立了达尔文作为植物学家的先机，他对植物的密切观察对他的进化论至关重要。

作者简介

Ken Thompson is a plant biologist with a keen interest in the science of gardening. He writes and lectures extensively and has written five gardening books, including Compost and No Nettles Required, as well as books on biodiversity (Do We Need Pandas?) and invasive species (Where Do Camels Belong?).

肯·汤普森（Ken Thompson）是一位植物生物学家，对园艺科学非常感兴趣。他广泛地写作和演讲，并撰写了五本园艺书籍，包括《堆肥》和《无荨麻》，以及有关生物多样性（我们需要熊猫吗？）和外来入侵物种（骆驼在哪里的书）。