Books by Richard Mabey
“The Cabaret of Plants brings to life a community of proactive, animal-defying, communicating plants that unfurl and dance across every page: carnivores engulfing insect prey with sinister jaws, orchids mimicking female insects to dupe male insects into mating with them, and arums that raise their own internal temperature to attract pollinating midges. Together, this ‘cabaret’ has the power to change our view of plants as passive objects; above all it gives them personality, and raises an age-old conundrum of whether or not plants can be said to be intelligent. Mabey’s message is that plants are not passive, or victims; rather they are vital, autonomous beings: listening to them is important for our co-existence.” Read more...
Chris Thorogood, Biologist
Interviews where books by Richard Mabey were recommended
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The Cabaret of Plants: Forty Thousand Years of Plant Life and the Human Imagination
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The Brief Life of Flowers
by Fiona Stafford -
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Glasshouse Greenhouse: Haarkon's world tour of amazing botanical spaces
by India Hobson & Magnus Edmondson -
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The Playground of the Far East
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Life in the Forests of the Far East
by Spenser St. John
The best books on Botany, recommended by Chris Thorogood
The best books on Botany, recommended by Chris Thorogood
In the face of climate change and widespread extinction, there has never been a more important time to study plant science, says Chris Thorogood – author of Pathless Forest: The Quest to Save the World’s Largest Flowers. Here he recommends five of his favourite books on botany, including historical accounts of plant exploration and a beautiful photobook profiling the world’s most impressive botanical gardens.
