Plant physics / Karl J. Niklas and Hanns-Christof Spatz.

From Galileo, who used the hollow stalks of grass to demonstrate the idea that peripherally located construction materials provide most of the resistance to bending forces, to Leonardo da Vinci, whose illustrations of the parachute are alleged to be based on his study of the dandelion's pappus...

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Online Access:	Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author:	Niklas, Karl J.
Other Authors:	Spatz, Hanns-Christof
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Chicago : University of Chicago Press, ©2012.
Subjects:	Plant physiology. Botanical chemistry. Botanical chemistry Plant physiology