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Publication
Great Courses (2017), 12 hours, 24 lectures, 214 pages
Description
Discover the ever-surprising world around you by exploring plants with a botanist.
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LibraryThing member SonoranDreamer
The author does a great job giving an overview of basic botany. I do think some science and chemistry background may be necessary in understanding this course. I would have enjoyed this book as a teenager or in my twenties, but I didn't enjoy it so much at my current stage of life. My first
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complaint is that the author focuses on how plants are used in industry, rather than how plants fit into living communities (ecosystems). She is obviously enthused about the topic, but I find it very disturbing when she sounds happy, or even jokes, about obvious horrible events. I can't find ecocide to be a topic worthy of enthusiasm or jokes. I wish she had a range of emotions to her voice. I suspect she has become desensitized to the damage civilization has done to the world. College and science does have a way of desensitizing us humans to the pains and losses of non-humans. In the end, this book made me lose interest in botany. I love plants! But I don't want to become desensitized to the living qualities of plants and will look elsewhere for studying plants further. Show Less
LibraryThing member Tom.Wilson
If you want to be an explorer of the planet you need to understand some basic botany. Although the presenter, Catherine Kleier, has a slightly annoying habit of being enthusiastic and happy almost constantly (slightly exhausting), this course covers some essential knowledge.
LibraryThing member Treebeard_404
There's a lot of information presented here, and even with my readings on botany over the last couple of years, I found it difficult to absorb all the material in a solely audible format.
Language
Original language
English