Jonathan Silvertown

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Jonathan Silvertown is honorary professor at the Institute of Ecology and Evolution, University of Edinburgh. An evolutionary biologist who has published widely on plant population biology, he is the author of nine books, including Dinner with Darwin: Food, Drink, and Evolution, Selfish Genes to Social Beings: A Cooperative History of Life, and Nature’s Magicians: How Leaves Conjure Up Our World.

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Books by Jonathan Silvertown

Nature's Magicians

How Leaves Conjure Up Our World

By Jonathan Silvertown

In this provocative reimagining of what it is to be a plant, an evolutionary biologist draws on a lifetime of research to offer a beguiling behind-the-scenes perspective on how plants really work—and how we truly depend on leaves for our survival. For readers of Entangled Life and An...

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