{"product_id":"the-life-of-a-leaf-steven-vogel-9780226104775","title":"The Life of a Leaf","description":"In its essence, science is a way of looking at and thinking about the world. In \u003ci\u003eThe Life of a Leaf, \u003c\/i\u003e Steven Vogel illuminates this approach, using the humble leaf as a model. Whether plant or person, every organism must contend with its immediate physical environment, a world that both limits what organisms can do and offers innumerable opportunities for evolving fascinating ways of challenging those limits. Here, Vogel explains these interactions, examining through the example of the leaf the extraordinary designs that enable life to adapt to its physical world. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In Vogel's account, the leaf serves as a biological everyman, an ordinary and ubiquitous living thing that nonetheless speaks volumes about our environment as well as its own. Thus in exploring the leaf's world, Vogel simultaneously explores our own. \u003cbr\u003e A companion website with demonstrations and teaching tools can be found here: http: \/\/www.press.uchicago.edu\/sites\/vogel\/index.html \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Steven Vogel\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 022610477X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226104775\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/16\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.64lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.09h x 6.09w x 0.78d","brand":"Steven Vogel","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46866984927487,"sku":"9780226104775","price":29.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_3a7f47ee-dcfc-43d1-8b97-dc99442b041b.jpg?v=1747453614","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-life-of-a-leaf-steven-vogel-9780226104775","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}