"Illustrated with over 300 color photographs, this is a fascinating and beautiful book exploring the role of color in nature....Farrant's...multidisciplinary approach covers all aspects of color, touching on astronomy, botany, geology, physics, and zoology....She provides clear explanations of why the ocean appears blue, how chameleons change color, and why leaves change their color in autumn....An appendix listing the scientific names of plants and animals and a glossary of terms are provided....the general reader will ...
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"Illustrated with over 300 color photographs, this is a fascinating and beautiful book exploring the role of color in nature....Farrant's...multidisciplinary approach covers all aspects of color, touching on astronomy, botany, geology, physics, and zoology....She provides clear explanations of why the ocean appears blue, how chameleons change color, and why leaves change their color in autumn....An appendix listing the scientific names of plants and animals and a glossary of terms are provided....the general reader will find this book a pleasure to peruse....Recommended..."-- "Library Journal . ."..a beautiful guide..."-- "Nature . 208 pages, 520 color illus., 8 1/4 x 11.
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