Further Readings

Further ReadingS

CHAPTER 1

Balick, Michael J., and Paul Alan Cox. 1996. Plants, People, and Culture. Scientific American Library, New York, NY.

Blackwell, Will H. 1990. Poisonous and Medicinal Plants. Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ.

Campbell, Neil A., and Jane B. Reece. 2008. Biology, 8th Edition. Benjamin Cummings, Redwood City, CA.

Ghillean, Prance Sir, and Mark Nesbitt, Editors. 2005. The Cultural History of Plants. Routledge, NY.

Goho, Alexandra. 2004. Diatom Menagerie. Science News 166(3): 42–44.

Heiser, Charles B. 1990. Seed to Civilization: The Story of Food. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA.

Lewington, Anna. 1990. Plants for People. Oxford University Press, New York, NY.

Mauseth, James D. 2009. Botany: An Introduction to Plant Biology, 4th Edition. Jones and Bartlett, Sudbury, MA.

Pollan, Michael. 2001. The Botany of Desire. Random House, New York, NY.

Pollan, Michael. 2006. The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals. Penguin Press, New York, NY.

Raven, Peter, Ray F. Evert, and Susan E. Eichhorn. 2005. Biology of Plants, 7th Edition. W. H. Freeman & Co. New York, NY.

Sumner, Judith. 2004. American Household Botany: A History of Useful Plants, 1620–1900. Timber Press, Portland, OR.

Vaughan, John G., and Catherine A. Geissler. 2009. The New Oxford Book of Food Plants. 2nd Edition. Oxford University Press, New York, NY.

CHAPTER 2

Goldberg, Alfred L., Stephen J. Elledge, and J. Wade Harper. 2001. The Cellular Chamber of Doom. Scientific American 284(1): 68–73.

Hesman Saey, Tina. 2009. Dissing a Loaded Label for Some Unicellular Life. Science News 175(8): 5–6.

Khakh, Baljit S., and Geoffrey Burnstock. 2009. The Double Life of ATP. Scientific American 301(6): 84–92.

Netting, Jessica. 2001. A More Perfect Union. Science News 159(20): 314–316.

Scott, John D., and Tony Pawson. 2000. Cell Communication: The Inside Story. Scientific American 282(6): 72–80.

Tekle, Yonas. I., Laura Wegener Parfrey, and Laura A. Katz. 2009. Molecular Data Are Transforming Hypotheses on the Origin and Diversification of Eukaryotes. BioScience 59(6): 471–481.

Wallace, Douglas C. 1997. Mitochondrial DNA in Aging and Disease. Scientific American 277(2): 40–47.

Westphal, Sylvia Pagán. 2009. High Hopes for a New Kind of Gene. Smithsonian 40(4): 72–79.

Wilmut, Ian. 1998. Cloning for Medicine. Scientific American 279(6): 58–64.

Zimmer, Carl. 2009. On the Origin of Eukaryotes. Science 325: 666–668.

CHAPTER 3

Forbes, Peter. 2008. Self-Cleaning Materials. Scientific American 299(2): 88–95.

Forterre, Yoel, Jan Skotheim, Jacques Dumais, and L. Mahadevan. 2005. How the Venus Flytrap Snaps. Nature 433(7024): 421–425.

Mauseth, James D. 1988. Plant Anatomy. Benjamin Cummings, Menlo Park, CA.

Mauseth, James D. 2008. Botany: An Introduction to Plant Biology, 4rd Edition. Jones and Bartlett, Sudbury, MA.

Millus, Susan. 2002. The Wood Detective. Science News 162(12): 184–185.

Moran, Jonathan. 2006. Life and Death in a Pitcher. Natural History 115(8): 56–62.

National Geographic. 2008. Edible: An Illustrated Guide to the World's Food Plants. National Geographic, Washington, DC.

Norris, Scott. 2000. Reading between the Lines. BioScience 50(5): 389–394.

Pietropaolo, James, and Patricia Pietropaolo. 1986. Carnivorous Plants of the World. Timber Press, Portland, OR.

Roberts, Jonathan. 2002. The Origin of Fruit and Vegetables. Universe, New York, NY.

Ross, Gary N. 1986. Night of the Radishes. Natural History 95(12): 59–64.

Rupp, Rebecca. 1987. Blue Corn and Square Tomatoes. Garden Way, Pownal, VT.

Sanders, Heather L., and Sarah E. Wyatt. 2009. Leaf Evolution and Development: Advancing Technologies, Advancing Understanding. BioScience 59(1): 17–26.

Schnell, Donald. 2002. Carnivorous Plants of the United States and Canada, 2nd Edition. Timber Press, Portland, OR.

Shiga, David. 2004. Ancient Heights. Science News 165(25/26): 390.

Simpson, Beryl B., and Molly Conner-Ogorzaly. 2001. Economic Botany: Plants in Our World, 3rd Edition. McGraw-Hill, New York, NY.

Trefil, James. 1985. Concentric Clues from Growth Rings Unlock the Past. Smithsonian 16(4): 47–54.

Van Wyk, Ben-Erik. 2005. Food Plants of the World: An Illustrated Guide. Timber Press, Portland OR.

Zimmer, Carl. 2010. Fatal Attraction. National Geographic 217(3): 80–95.

Tucker, Abigail. 2010. The Venus Flytrap’s Lethal Allure. Smithsonian 40(11): 48 – 55.

CHAPTER 4

Beardsley, Tim. 1998. Catching the Rays. Scientific American 278(3): 25–26.

Brown, Kathryn S. 1995. The Green Clean. BioScience 45(9): 579–582.

Caldwell, Mark. 1995. The Amazing All-Natural Light Machine. Discover 16(12): 88–96.

Demmig-Adams, Barbara, and William W. Adams III. 2002. Antioxidants in Photosynthesis and Human Nutrition. Science 298: 2149–2153.

Dunn, Richard S. 1972. Sugar and Slaves. W. W. Norton, New York, NY.

Govindjee, and William J. Coleman. 1990. How Plants Make Oxygen. Scientific American 262(2): 50–56.

Hopkins, William G., and Norman P. A. Hüner. 2004. Introduction to Plant Physiology, 3rd Edition. John Wiley & Sons, New York.

Lee, David W., and Kevin S. Gould. 2002. Why Leaves Turn Red. American Scientist 90(6): 524–531.

Marris, Emma. 2006. Sugar Cane and Ethanol: Drink the Best and Drive the Rest. Nature 444:7120: 670–672.

Mauseth, James D. 2009. Botany: An Introduction to Plant Biology., 4th Edition. Jones and Bartlett, Sudbury, MA.

Mintz, Sidney W. 1991. Pleasure, Profit, and Satiation. Pages 112–129 in Seeds of Change: A Quincentennial Commemoration, ed. Herman J. Viola and Carolyn Margolis. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, DC.

Moffat, Anne Simon. 1995. Plants Providing Their Worth in Toxic Metal Cleanup. Science 269: 302–303.

Seymour, Roger S. 1997. Plants That Warm Themselves. Scientific American 276(3): 104–109.

Taiz, Lincoln, and Eduardo Zeiger. 2006. Plant Physiology, 4th Edition. Sinauer Associates, Sunderland, MA.

Turgeon, Robert. 2006. Phloem Loading: How Leaves Gain Their Independence. BioScience 56(1): 15–24.

Williams, John B. 2002. Phytoremediation in Wetland Ecosystems: Progress, Problems, and Potential. Critical Reviews in Plant Sciences 21(6): 607–635.

CHAPTER 5

Berger, Terry. 1977. “Tulipomania” Was No Dutch Treat to Gambling Burghers. Smithsonian 8(1): 70–77.

Bryant, Vaughan, Jr. 2000. Does Pollen Prove the Shroud Authentic? Biblical Archaeology Review 26(6): 36–44.

Buchmann, Stephen L., and Gary Paul Nabhan. 1996. The Forgotten Pollinators. Islands Press/Shearwater Books, Washington, DC.

Coen, Enrique. 2002. The Making of a Blossom. Natural History 111(4): 48–55.

Finnell, Rebecca B., Editor. 1999. The Flower Issue. Natural History 108(4): 1–100.

Freinkel, Susan. 2004. Roses Are Blue, Violets Are Red. Discover 25(4): 28–29.

Green, Timothy. 1991. Making Scents Is More Complicated Than You’d Think. Smithsonian 22(5): 52–61.

Hansen, Eric. 2000. Orchid Fever: A Horticultural Tale of Love, Lust, and Lunacy. Pantheon Books, New York, NY.

Klesius, Michael. 2002. The Big Bloom. National Geographic 202(1): 102–121.

Meeuse, Bastian, and Sean Morris. 1984. The Sex Life of Flowers. Rainbird, London.

Milius, Susan. 2006. Nectar: The First Soft Drink. Science News 169(19): 298–300.

Moize, Elizabeth A. May, 1978. Tulips: Holland’s Beautiful Business. National Geographic 153(5): 712–728.

Newman, Cathy. 1984. Pollen: Breath of Life and Sneezes. National Geographic 166(4): 496–521.

Newman, Cathy, and Robb Kendrick. 1998. Perfume: The Essence of Illusion. National Geographic 194(4): 94–119.

Pavord, Anna. 1999. The Tulip. Bloomsbury, London.

Pollan, Michael. 2001. The Botany of Desire. Random House, New York, NY.

Schwartz, David M. 2000. Birds, Bees, and Even Nectar-Feeding Bats Do It. Smithsonian 31(1): 58–71.

Sessions, Laura A., and Steven D. Johnson. 2005. The Flower and the Fly. Natural History (3): 58–63.

Tanner, Ogden. 1985. The Flowers That Afflict Us with “a Sort of Madness.” Smithsonian 16(8): 168–178.

CHAPTER 6

Allen, Arthur. 2008. A Passion for Tomatoes. Smithsonian 39(5): 54–62.

Barlow, Connie. 2001. Ghost Stories from the Ice Age. Natural History 110(7): 62–67.

Canine, Craig. 2005. Building a Better Banana. Smithsonian 36(7): 96–104.

Dunn, Robert R. 2005. How Ants Disperse Seeds. Natural History 114(7): 30–35.

Genthe, Henry. 1999. Durians Smell Awful—But the Taste Is Heavenly. Smithsonian 30(6): 94–102.

Hubbell, Sue. 1996. Three Cheers for King Pumpkin—Orange and Lovable. Smithsonian 27(7): 64–69.

Hubbell, Sue. 2001. Engineering the Apple. Natural History 110(8): 44–53.

Juniper, Barrie E. 2007. The Mysterious Origins of the Sweet Apple. American Scientist 95(1): 44–51.

Karp, David. 2006. Berried Treasure. Smithsonian 37(4): 82–86.

Newhouse, Joseph R. 1990. Chestnut Blight. Scientific American 263(1): 106–111.

Pollan, Michael. 2001. The Botany of Desire. Random House, New York, NY.

Roberts, Jonathan. 2002. The Origins of Fruit and Vegetables. Universe, New York, NY.

Rosengarten, Frederic, Jr. 1984. The Book of Edible Nuts. Walker and Co., New York, NY.

Rupp, Rebecca. 1987. Blue Corn and Square Tomatoes. Garden Way, Pownal, VT.

Vietmeyer, Noel. 1985. Exotic Edibles Are Altering America’s Diet and Agriculture. Smithsonian 16(9): 34–43.

Vietmeyer, Noel. 1987. The Captivating Kiwifruit. National Geographic 171(5): 682–688.

Walsh, Robb. 1999. The Fruit I Can’t Get Past My Nose. Natural History 108(7): 76–78.

Wolf, Thomas H. 1990. How the Lowly Love Apple Rose in the World. Smithsonian 21(5): 110–117.

CHAPTER 7

Bamshad, Michael J., and Steve E. Olson. 2003. Does Race Exist? Scientific American 289(6): 78–85.

Brown, Kathryn. 2000. The Human Genome Business Today. Scientific American 283(1): 50–55.

Dahm, Ralf. 2008. Discovering DNA: Friedrich Miescher and the Early Years of Nucleic Acid Research. Human Genetics 122(6): 565–581.

Ezzell, Carol. 2000. Beyond the Human Genome. Scientific American 283(1): 64–69.

Ezzell, Carol. 2002. Proteins Rule. Scientific American 286(4): 40–47.

Gerstein, Mark, and Deyou Zheng. 2006. The Real Life of Pseudogenes. Scientific American 295(2): 48–55.

Gibbs, W. Wayt. 2003. The Unseen Genome: Gems among the Junk. Scientific American 289(5): 46–53.

Howard, Ken. 2000. The Bioinformatics Gold Rush. Scientific American 283(1): 58–63.

Jegalian, Karin, and Bruce T. Lahn. 2001. Why Is the Y So Weird? Scientific American 284(2): 56–61.

Kingley, David M. 2009. From Atoms to Traits. Scientific American 300(1): 52–59.

Maddox, Brenda. 2002. Rosalind Franklin: Dark Lady of DNA. HarperCollins, New York, NY.

Marantz Henig, Robin. 2000. The Monk in the Garden: The Lost and Found Genius of Gregor Mendel, the Father of Genetics. Houghton Mifflin, Boston, MA.

Mendel, Gregor. 1967. Experiments in Plant Hybridization. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA.

Orel, Vitezslav. 1996. Gregor Mendel: The First Geneticist. Oxford University Press, Oxford.

Rennie, J. 1993. DNA’s New Twists. Scientific American 266(3): 122–132.

Sayre, Anne. 1975. Rosalind Franklin and DNA. W. W. Norton, New York, NY.

Taubes, Gary. 2009. RNA Revolution. Discover 30(9): 46–52.

Watson, James D. 1968. The Double Helix. Antheneum, New York, NY.

CHAPTER 8

Blunt, Wilfrid. 1971. The Compleat Naturalist: A Life of Linnaeus. Viking Press, New York, NY.

Briggs, David, and S. Max Walters. 1984. Plant Variation and Evolution, 2nd Edition. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, MA.

Chase, Mark W. and Michael F. Fay. 2009. Barcoding of Plants and Fungi. Science 325(5940): 682–683.

Coombes, Allen J. 2005. Dictionary of Plant Names: Botanical Names and Their Common Equivalents. Timber Press, Beaverton, OR.

Conniff, Richard. 2006/2007. Happy Birthday Linnaeus. Natural History 115(10): 42–47.

Conniff, Richard. 2008. On the Origin of a Theory. Smithsonian 39(3): 86–93.

Darwin, Charles (author), and Edward O Wilson (editor). 2006. From So Simple a Beginning: The Four Great Books of Charles Darwin. W. W. Norton & Company, New York, NY.

Friedman, William E. 2006. Sex among the Flowers. Natural History 115(9): 48–53.

Greenaway, Kate. 1992. Language of Flowers. Dover Press, New York, NY.

Hayden, Thomas. 2009. What Darwin Didn't Know. Smithsonian 39(11): 40–48.

Judd, Walter S., Christopher S. Campbell, Elizabeth A. Kellogg, Peter F. Stevens, and Michael J. Donoghue. 2007. Plant Systematics, A Phylogenetic Approach, 3rd Edition. Sinauer Associates, Sunderland, MA.

Kohn, David. 2005. The Miraculous Season: The Historical Darwin. Natural History 114(9): 38–40.

Laufer, Geraldine Adamich. 1993. The Language of Flowers. Workman, New York, NY.

Litt, Amy. 2006. Origins of Floral Diversity. Natural History 115(5): 34 –40.

Mayr, Ernst. 2000. Darwin’s Influence on Modern Thought. Scientific American 283(1): 78–83.

Miller, Douglass R., and Amy Y. Rossman. 1995. Systematics, Biodiversity, and Agriculture. BioScience 45(10): 680–686.

Padian, Kevin. 2009. Ten Myths about Charles Darwin. BioScience 59(9): 800–804.

Pennisi, Elizabeth. 2001. Linnaeus’s Last Stand? Science 291: 2304–2307.

Piementel, David, Christa Wilson, Christine McCullum, Rachel Huang, Paulette Dwen, Jessica Flack, Quynh Tran, Tamara Saltman, and Barabara Cluff. 1995. Economic and Environmental Benefits of Biodiversity. BioScience 47(11): 747–757.

Quammen, David. 2004. Darwin’s Big Idea. National Geographic 206(5): 2–35.

Quammen, David. 2007. The Name Giver. National Geographic 211(6): 72–87.

Raby, Peter. 2001. Alfred Russel Wallace: A Life. Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ.

Savage, Jay M. 1995. Systematics and the Biodiversity Crisis. BioScience 45(10): 673–679.

Schiebinger, Londa. 1996. The Loves of Plants. Scientific American 274(2): 110–115.

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Sulloway, Frank J. 2005. The Evolution of Charles Darwin. Smithsonian 36(9): 58–69.

Withgott, Jay. 2000. Is It “So Long, Linnaeus?” BioScience 50(8): 646–651.

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Bold, Harold C., Constantin J. Alexopoulos, and Theodor Delevoryas. 1987. Morphology of Plants and Fungi, 5th Edition. Harper & Row, New York, NY.

Corner, Edred J. H. 1981. The Life of Plants. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, IL.

Cox, Paul A., Sandra A. Banack, and Susan J. Murch. 2003. Biomagnification of Cyanobacterial Neurotoxins and Neurodegenerative Disease among the Chamorra People of Guam. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science 100(23): 13380–13383.

Crepet, William. 1999. Early Bloomers. Natural History 108(4): 40–41.

Doolittle, W. Ford. 2000. Uprooting the Tree of Life. Scientific American 282(2): 90–95.

Gifford, Ernest M., and Adriance S. Foster. 1989. Morphology and Evolution of Vascular Plants, 3rd Edition. W. H. Freeman & Co., New York, NY.

Grimaldi, David, A. 1996. Amber: Window to the Past. American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY.

Hershey, David R. 2000. The Truth behind Some Great Plant Stories. The American Biology Teacher 62(6): 408–413.

Kimmerer, Robin W. 2003. Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses. Oregon State University Press, Corvallis, OR.

Langenheim, Jean H. 1990. Plant Resins. American Scientist 78: 16–24.

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Moran, Robbin C. 2004. Dispatches from the Fern Frontier. Natural History 113(8): 52–57.

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Poinar, George, and Robin Poinar. 1994. The Quest for Life in Amber. Perseus, New York, NY.

Pryor, Kathleen M., Harald Schneider, Alan R. Smith, Raymond Cranfill, Paul G. Wolf, Jeffrey S. Hunt, and Sedonia D. Stipes. 2001. Horsetails and Ferns Are a Monophyletic Group and the Closest Living Relatives to Seed Plants. Nature 409(6820): 618–622.