Botany For Dummies

by Rene Fester Kratz

Harvest basic botany knowledge from this abundant book

Botany For Dummies gives you a thorough overview of the fundamentals of botany, but in simple terms that anyone can understand. Great for supplementing your botany coursework or brushing up before an exam, this book covers plant evolution, the structure and function of plant cells, and plant identification. Plus, you'll learn about how plants of different types are changing and adapting in response to changing climates. This new edition goes into more detail on fungi—not technically plants, but no one is holding that against them. Regardless of what brought you to the wonderful world of botany, this book will show you around.

Get an easy-to-understand introduction to the key concepts in botany Read about recent discoveries and theories in the world of plant science Understand different families of plants and where they grow Improve your grade and pass your exam in your introductory botany course Get a copy of Botany For Dummies and watch your botany knowledge bloom.

Genres: Science, Nonfiction, Gardening, Reference, Biology, Plants

384 pages, Kindle Edition

Published October 7, 2024

Reviews

[Anastasia · Rating 1 out of 5]

This book is horribly organized. It hops around topics, introduces terms without definitions, defines them later, then adds more words to refer to the same thing and uses them interchangeably. The diagrams don't have all the terms they teach you, so it's difficult to get a mental structure of what was going on.
I was a college student that had to take this book, and reading it was one of the most frustrating struggles of my school career. In desperation I took it to my mother who has a degree in Agronomy. (Basically farming) It took her and I an hour to parse through four pages. Quite frankly, I don't know what it's doing near a college campus, nor how this is supposed to be breaking it down for those who are not well versed in Botany.
The best way I can describe this book, is that the author is like a person who loves telling stories, but is constantly going back and correcting themselves to build up to a single punchline. The story becomes so mangled that everything is confusing, and the punch line falls flat. The author is certainly knowledgeable on Botany, but they do not have the skills to break it down to a lay man. If you can find another way to learn it, do it.

[Daniel · Rating 4 out of 5]

I enjoyed reading this book. its rare for me to write that about a book. No its not. Its really not rare for me to write that about a book. I enjoyed reading the chapter about strange plants in the back of the book. It was fascinating to read plant cells, reproduction. Even if I can't remember the information. It will take me more study time to learn all the terms and things. I have liked plants for awhile but, had never thought about learning botany. But, now I want to learn botany. Its amazing stuff.

[Cole Benjamin · Rating 5 out of 5]

I enjoyed this book I like the how it's a book about all parts of plant growth it has definitly allowed me to understand terms related to more advanced literaterate in the future. So very useful starting point but with mastering of all things you should test your understanding in a project or somekind of test.

[Christine Nelson-mccomb · Rating 5 out of 5]

very informative in a scaled down way as to help us non botanists understand. I did take notes!

[Dani Ollé · Rating 3 out of 5]

A lot of well-explained biology l-textbook material, less fun facts and curiosities about plants.

[Marloes D]

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[James Biser · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is an excellent lesson of botany. It covers all of the primary important topics of the discipline. It is an excellent review of the science of plants.

[Vicky]

not what i was looking for

[Debbie · Rating 5 out of 5]

The book started out reminding of what I learned in Biology 101 in 1980. Then it was all new to me from there. I found the visual aid most helpful. The visual aid diagrams helped me with the concepts & terminology. I'd have to re-read it over & over but eventually I got it. This books has helped me understand the terminology in field guides. I've learned many interesting facts about plants. I wish there was a "Botany for Dummies" part 2 so I can learn more.

[Sam Jones · Rating 5 out of 5]

Love this book! I'm a high school student planning on a major in the plant sciences, and this manual has done a spectacular job of illustrating the basics. Consider it a botanical Bible!

[Carol Wakefield · Rating 5 out of 5]

Read this to update my ancient botany studies. Admit to some skimming in the chemistry section but thoroughly enjoyed the rest

[Nikki Clowney · Rating 3 out of 5]

It is a great book however it was too much for me. I just wanted the basics of botany, plant species, and a few tidbits.