A recent study by the National Academy of Sciences of the United States details that of all the existing biomass, this is the combined weight of all living beings on the planet, plants account for 84%. Animals, (including men), 0.37%, … rest viruses and bacteria. Although it seems small compared to other materials, the mass …
On October 10, the news that the Cataloging of the Flora of the Iberian peninsula and the Balearic Islands has just been completed was published in the Science & Tech section of “El País”. In the project, started in 1982, 255 authors from 72 institutions from 14 different countries have participated and 27 Spanish and …
In an interview in February 2018 Byung-Chul Han writer and doctor of philosophy, professor of Philosophy and Cultural Studies at the Berlin University of the Arts said: “… For three years I have cultivated a secret garden that has given me contact with reality: colors, smells, sensations … It has allowed me to realize the …
Lovers of botanical art will be delighted by the “Illustrated Manual of Medical Plants” from Iwasaki Kan’en (1786−1842), is considered the first full-scale botanical art book in Japan. It was published in the late Edo period and comprises 92 volumes with more than 1,900 varieties of plants. It is one of the resources available in …