Powered by Plants explores the world of plants and how their properties are increasingly helping to shape the cutting edge of human technology and design.
Powered by Plants explores the world of plants and how their properties are increasingly helping to shape the cutting edge of human technology and design.
Clive Gifford has traveled to more than 70 countries, climbed rocket launch towers, ridden on robots, and flown gliders. He's had more than 200 books published and has received nominations for or won Royal Society, School Library Association, Smithsonian, and TES awards. He won the Blue Peter Book Award for Best Book with Facts 2019 for his title The Colors of History (QEB). Clive lives in Manchester, UK. Gosia Herba is an illustrator and art historian originally from Poland. She's worked as an illustrator of children's books, graphic novels, magazines, music labels, and advertisements for over 12 years. www.gosiaherba.pl
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Introduction Structures Miracle material—Bamboo Tough Twisters—Vines Earthquake-Proof Plant—Coconut palm Super structure—Royal water lily Crash-Test Citrus—Pomelo Plant Architects ROBOTICS Long-Distance Traveler—Tumbleweed Speedy Seed-Spinners—Sycamore seeds Snap-Happy Snacker—Venus flytrap The Sensitive Shrub—Mimosa pudica Robo-Plants Energy The Host With The Most—Kelp fueling cars and creatures—Sugarcane You Rotter!—Titan arum Future Fuel—Algae Sun Worshipper—Sunflower Wind-Power Plant—Cottonwood tree pollution busters Health Painkilling plant—Willow tree Bug-Repelling Ranger—Eucalyptus tree plant pharmacy Sustainability Salty Saviors—Mangrove tree So Long, Suckers—Bladderwort Pest Controller of the Plains—Acacia prickly customers Materials Sticky Solution—Flax The Friction-Free Fern—Salvinia An a-Maize-ing Material—Corn A Fine Fastening Friend—Burdock Slick Spider-Scoffer—Pitcher plant Rubber Wonder—Guayule Mega Materials plant innovation lab Index
Introduction Structures Miracle material—Bamboo Tough Twisters—Vines Earthquake-Proof Plant—Coconut palm Super structure—Royal water lily Crash-Test Citrus—Pomelo Plant Architects ROBOTICS Long-Distance Traveler—Tumbleweed Speedy Seed-Spinners—Sycamore seeds Snap-Happy Snacker—Venus flytrap The Sensitive Shrub—Mimosa pudica Robo-Plants Energy The Host With The Most—Kelp fueling cars and creatures—Sugarcane You Rotter!—Titan arum Future Fuel—Algae Sun Worshipper—Sunflower Wind-Power Plant—Cottonwood tree pollution busters Health Painkilling plant—Willow tree Bug-Repelling Ranger—Eucalyptus tree plant pharmacy Sustainability Salty Saviors—Mangrove tree So Long, Suckers—Bladderwort Pest Controller of the Plains—Acacia prickly customers Materials Sticky Solution—Flax The Friction-Free Fern—Salvinia An a-Maize-ing Material—Corn A Fine Fastening Friend—Burdock Slick Spider-Scoffer—Pitcher plant Rubber Wonder—Guayule Mega Materials plant innovation lab Index
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