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Originally Posted by FlorenceArt
The University of Chicago Press free ebook of the month is An Orchard Invisible and is about... seeds! A DRM's PDF unfortunately. No idea how good it is, but I downloaded it. And probably won't read it, just like all the others  |
I happened on this book the other day while searching for something to read, and I'm about half-way through. I like it very much. The writing is light and humorous and makes you feel like you are in a rambling conversation with the author. I am learning many things whose connexion to seeds may be at times rather distant (such as why mammals lost two of the four colors reptiles and birds can see, and why primates reacquired one of these lost colors) but that are always interesting. And also a few useful reminders about how evolution really works.
Too bad the book is only available in paper and PDF format, not ePub. I think that's probably because of the illustrations, which are a nice addition, but there are very few of them and it seems to me they could have been included in an ePub with little difficulty.