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SPRING arrives and plants burst into leaf and bloom. How do they do it so perfectly? What controls their unfolding, symmetries and forms? Mixing elegant explanations of gene function with impassioned observations of everyday plants, Harberd’s year-long diary explores their sub-cellular secrets in a behind-the-scenes look at everything from the mysteries of plant development to cycling and English weather. Possessed of a perceptive eye and a fine turn of phrase, Harberd has written a classic that will have you looking at thale cress with all the amazement it deserves.