Wednesday, May 22, 2013

Plant Physics - Niklas and Spatz

I'm only two chapters in, but I'm really enjoying Plant Physics by Niklas and Spatz.

Being a chemist and therefore only having amateur botanical knowledge and slightly rusty physics (at this level - chemistry degrees don't include much fluid mechanics), it is quite hard-going, but the prose is elegantly written and considerable help is given with understanding what the formulae mean. For anyone who is seriously interested in this topic, I'd definitely recommend it.

Also currently re-reading Mingos Essential Trends in Inorganic Chemistry and Dickens Tale of Two Cities (which is my favourite Dickens novel).

Hoping for more active blogging as the summer holiday approaches!