Fruit: Edible, Inedible, Incredible by Wolfgang Stuppy (English) Hardcover Book

Description: Fruit by Wolfgang Stuppy, Rob Kesseler Following the award-winning Seeds: Time Capsules of Life, Wolfgang Stuppy and Rob Kesseler explore the fascinating world of fruits through a unique presentation of extraordinary images from around the world accompanied by a lively explanatory text. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Fruit. The word itself conjures up mouthwatering memories of crunchy apples, luscious strawberries, sweet bananas, succulent melons and juicy pineapples, to which we can add the splendid tropical fruits on our supermarket shelves. They are one of natures most wonderful gifts but providing us with a healthy source of food is not the reason that plants produce such delicious fruits. It is therefore quite legitimate to ask what fruits are, and why they exist. As will be revealed, the true nature of fruits is concealed in what is buried in their core: their seeds. The key role that both play in the survival of each species explains the manifold strategies and ruses that plants have developed for the dispersal of their seeds. Whether these involve wind, water, humans, animals or the plants own explosive triggers, they are reflected in the many colours, shapes and sizes of the fruits that protect the seeds and in the extraordinary way that some fruits have adapted to the animals that disperse their seeds, and the animals to the fruits they relish. In this pioneering collaboration, visual artist Rob Kesseler and seed morphologist Wolfgang Stuppy use scanning electronmicroscopy to obtain astonishing images of a variety of fruits and the seeds they protect. Razor-sharp cross-sections reveal intricate interiors, nuts and other examples of botanical architecture and reproductive ingenuity. The black and white microscope images have been sumptuously coloured by Rob Kesseler highlighting the structure and functioning of the minuscule fruit and seeds some almost invisible to the naked eye and in so doing creating a work of art. Larger fruits, flowers and seeds have been especially photographed. The formation, development and demise of the fruits are described their vital role in the preservation of the biodiversity of our planet explained. Fruits are the keepers of the precious seeds that ensure our future; some are edible, others inedible and many, quite simply, incredible. AUTHORS: Wolfgang Stuppy is the Seed Morphologist at Kews Millennium Seed Bank Partnership, a large international plant conservation initiative. He has a doctorate in comparative seed morphology and anatomy. After joining the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew in 1999 to work on plant conservation, he transferred to the Millennium Seed Bank in 2002. Rob Kesseler is a visual artist and Professor of Ceramic Art & Design at Central Saint Martins College of Art & Design. Collaborating with scientists, his work inhabits a territory where design, fine art and applied art overlap. From 2001–2004 he was NESTA Fellow at Kew and continues to work with Wolfgang Stuppy on an examination of microscopic plant material. He is a Fellow of the Linnean Society and of the Royal Society of Arts. In 2010 he was appointed Research Fellow at the Gulbenkian Science Institute. His work has been exhibited around the world. SELLING POINTS: . Wolfgang Stuppy and Rob Kesseler explore the fascinating world of fruits through a unique presentation of extraordinary images from around the world accompanied by a lively explanatory text . Critically acclaimed by national and international press, in print and on TV . Will appeal to anyone interested in the natural world, artists, designers and scientists alike 264 colour, 1 b/w illustrations Notes 3rd edition. A fascinating insight into the world of fruits in a smaller, more accessible format. Visual artist Kessler and seed morphologist Stuppy use scanning electronmicroscopy to obtain astonishing images of a variety of fruits and the seeds they protect. 303 colour photos. Author Biography Wolfgang Stuppy is the seed morphologist for the Millennium Seed Bank Project at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. At the heart of this large international project, which collects and stores seeds and fruits from all over the world, Dr. Stuppy has found the ideal environment to feed his passion for research into the astonishing diversity of seeds and fruits. Rob Kesseler is a visual artist and Professor of Ceramic Art & Design at Central Saint Martins College of Art & Design. Collaborating with scientists, his work inhabits a territory where design, fine art and applied art overlap. From 2001–2004 he was NESTA Fellow at Kew and continues to work with Wolfgang Stuppy on an examination of microscopic plant material. He is a Fellow of the Linnean Society and of the Royal Society of Arts. In 2010 he was appointed Research Fellow at the Gulbenkian Science Institute. His work has been exhibited around the world. Table of Contents Preface by Ken ArnoldForeword by Stephen D. HopperFruit – Edible, Inedible, IncredibleWhat is a Fruit?What is a fruit and what is a vegetable?Angiosperms, Gymnosperms and those that copulate in secretThe naked-seeded onesThe non-naked-seeded onesAn abominable mysteryAngiosperm extremistsNo Flower, no Fruit?Is a pine cone a fruit?No Carpel, no Fruit?A shameless displayNot quite the ovary of EveUnwitting couriersWind, sex and gender separationWhats in a Fruit?Babylonian confusionEnhanced female performanceHow to be a carpologistThe true meaning of fruitsSimple FruitsThe truth about berriesThe miraculous miracle berryGolden applesFragrant citronsBuddhas handSizeable peposSoft shell, hard core or how to be a drupeNuts about nutsWalnuts or waldrupes?Glans quercusTwo fruits in one – cashew nut and cashew appleWheat "grain" and sunflower "seed" – caryopsis and acheneSamaras – nuts gone airborneCypselas – achenes gone airbornePods and such likeCapsules or seven ways to open a fruitTeeth, fissures, cracks and lidsFollicle and coccumPods as in "pea pods"Sweet bean podsThe Worlds largest bean podSeeds in prisonInside-out drupesTo be or not to be a drupeMultiple Fruits – Several fruitlets from a single flower?Schizocarpic Fruits or how to emulate the multiple experienceAnthocarpous Fruits – the carpologists touchstoneCompound Fruits – A single fruit from several flowers?The breadfruit and the Mutiny on the BountyThe largest fruit a tree can bearFigs, gnats and sycophantsAngiosperms with cones?Carpological TroublemakersBogus fruits and how to debunk themSo what is a Fruit?The biological function of fruits and seedsDispersal – the many ways to get aroundWind dispersalWingsMonoplanesFlying discsSpinning cylindersShuttlecocksWoolly travellersLove-in-a-puff and other balloon travellersAnemoballismWater dispersalDispersal by raindropsPlants that do it for themselvesHygroscopic tensionHydraulic pressureAnimal DispersalBecoming attachedThe story of the sadistic TribulusIn the claws of the devilHow to catch a birdDispersal by scatter-hoardersDispersal by antsCombining StrategiesDirected DispersalFleshy FruitsThe evolution of fleshy fruitsThe good, the bad and the ugly, or why fruits are poisonousEnough is as good as a feastYoung and dangerousClimacteric fruitsOne bad apple spoils the barrelDispersal syndromes, the sign-language of fruitsThe bird-dispersal syndromeHow to catch the eye of a birdFleshy seedsFlashy seedsDangerous beautyColourful appendagesArillate seeds and the fate of New YorkDispersal by mammalsThe bat dispersal syndromeMonkey fruits – the primate-dispersal syndromeMonkey appleThe Queen of FruitsCacao – food of the godsThe baobabDurian – the King of FruitsA big fruit needs a big mouth – the megafaunal dispersal syndromeAfricas large mammals and their fruitsSausages that grow on treesFruits that only elephants likeWhen the elephants are goneThe aardvark and its cucumberMallotus nudiflorus and the Indian rhinocerosThe nitre bush and emusGalápagos tomatoes and giant tortoisesMore inseparable couplesTill death do us partThe dodo and the tambalocoque – a textbook fairy taleAnachronistic fruitsSize no longer mattersThe largest fruit of AmericaOsage orangeHow can it be true?Where have all the mammoths gone?The Millennium Seed Bank ProjectLusciousness – The crafted image in a digital environmentAppendicesGlossaryBibliographyIndex of Plants illustratedFootnotesPicture CreditsAcknowledgments Details ISBN1906506426 ISBN-10 1906506426 ISBN-13 9781906506421 Media Book Pages 264 Publisher Papadakis Edition Compact ed Format Hardcover Imprint Papadakis Subtitle Edible, Inedible, Incredible Place of Publication Newbury Country of Publication United Kingdom Replaces 9781906506186 Edited by Alexandra Papadakis Short Title Fruit Language English DEWEY 581.464 AU Release Date 2013-10-07 NZ Release Date 2013-10-07 Author Rob Kesseler Year 2024 Publication Date 2024-06-01 Illustrations 1 Illustrations, black and white; 264 Illustrations, color Audience General UK Release Date 2024-06-01 Series Seeds / Pollen / Fruit We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. 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