Bøger af Ruth Kassinger

Say ';algae' and most people think of pond scum. What they don't know is that without algae, none of us would exist.

A narrative-driven work of popular science on the subject of algae's potential across food manufacturing, waterway management, alternative fuel and new plastics processes. Global in reach, examining new ideas in the US, Japan, Korea and Wales.

"In the tradition of The Botany of Desire and Wicked Plants, the author of Paradise Under Glass gives us a witty and engaging history of the first botanists interwoven with stories of today's extraordinary plants found in the garden and the lab"--

Ruth Kassinger was at an emotional crossroads. Confronted with the death of a beloved sister, her children's departure for college, and her own recent battle with breast cancer, she was searching for a way forward. Then one cold, gray evening, she wandered into the U.S. Botanic Garden's conservatory?and a dream was born. Dazzled by the vast and dense tangle of greenery, Kassinger decided to create a verdant sanctuary in her own home, even though the sum total of her previous indoor gardening experience was one neglected houseplant at the top of her basement stairs. In Paradise Under Glass, Ruth chronicles her journey from brown thumb to green, while sharing the knowledge and insights that creating and sustaining her fabulous garden has bestowed?lessons of loss and letting go, nurturing and rebirth, challenge and change, love and serenity.

A book of projects on inventions of all kinds, for kids ages 8-12. * A follow up to Reinvent the Wheel (0471 39539 0), this will present more projects based on classic inventions. * Projects are fun and encourage hands-on learning as well as problem solving.