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'All genetics is footnotes to Mendel', the man who effectively created genetics, the science of heredity, in the 1860s. Colin Tudge argues that the challenging issues surrounding developments in modern biotechnology can be better understood by tracing their origins in Mendel's work.

The age of trees often inspires awe, from the redwoods of California to English oaks. We wonder how they live so long, and how they really work after all, trees provide us with air to breathe, fruits to eat, and wood to build with, and they do the same for thousands of creatures and plants. The SecretLife of Trees explores the way trees work and what they are, finding out how they communicate, how they tell the time, how they came to exist, and much more. Strange and surprising, this witty and informative book will make everyone fall in love with the trees around them.

No one is quite sure how many living species there are, but it is estimated to be somewhere between ten and a hundred million. In this massive text, the author takes on the Herculean task of organizing and describing the main groups from the most primitive single-celled organisms to the more familiar bugs, plants and beasts, including ourselves. A must for all natural historians and anyone interested in biology.