Part I: The Amazing Story of Plants

How big can a tree grow?
The Da Vinci Code of Plants
How to get the answers you want at a flower shop
For whom do flowers bloom?
Why do butterflies linger on rapeseed leaves?
Flower's First Love Story
The Decline of Triceratops and the Evolution of Plants
Where is the apple stem?
The more you know, the more different the Western dandelion is.
Design inspired by violets
Why do maple leaves change color?
The poison of a fascinating plant
Why are pine trees always green?

Part II: Botany: A Fun Way to Read All Night

I don't sprout
Is bamboo a tree or a grass?
Differences between carrots and radishes
Which came first, the tree or the grass?
'Mudari' is a compliment?
Why Plants Don't Move
Why are plants green?
Do plants have blood types?
The story behind cherry blossoms blooming and falling simultaneously
The secret of seeds we don't know
Mendel's laws of inheritance
The Secret of the Brilliant Colors of Corn

Part III: A Quick Look at Plant Stories

Neon signs like ripe fruit
The grass family that led human civilization
Botany in the Kitchen
If a radish grows, will it become a radish?
The fact that bananas have no seeds
Dogweed is a high-performance plant
The ivy we loved
male and female trees
The wooden pillar is alive
Plant fiber that supports life
Planet of Plants, Earth

Conclusion

'The gentle plant' is a human illusion
The surprisingly dynamic and tenacious life of plants

The interesting fact that the number of petals on a plant follows the Fibonacci sequence makes mathematics accessible even to those who find arithmetic difficult.
The arrangement of each leaf of a plant, called leaf order, also follows the Fibonacci sequence, with each leaf growing at a slightly different angle so that it can receive sunlight equally.
Such sequences are frequently found in nature.
Strangely enough, mathematics is hidden within the very nature of living things (page 18).


Are tomatoes vegetables or fruits? In the United States, a court case was held over this question.
The terms 'vegetable' and 'fruit' are not botanical distinctions, but rather a classification system created for human convenience.
The definitions of vegetables and fruits vary from country to country (p. 84).
Even in the plant world, there is no clear distinction between 'tree' and 'grass'.
It's just a way that humans came up with to make it easier to distinguish.
Originally, there was no clear distinction in nature.


Besides, 『Botany Stories That Are Fun and Will Keep You Reading All Night』 is full of questions and answers that stimulate your curiosity.
How big can a tree be? Why are plants green? Why do cherry blossoms bloom and fall all at once? Which side of a tangerine is up and which side is down? Why do maple leaves turn red? What is the caffeine poison that fascinates humans? Why are pine trees always green? Why do plants remain motionless? What is the crucial difference between carrots and radishes? Why don't animals have chlorophyll? How do you cut an onion without crying? What are the characteristics of plant cells in plant fibers, such as tissue paper and paper, that have long been with humans?
Moreover, the human instinct to drool at the sight of a red neon sign for a restaurant explains the ancient instinct of mankind to devour red ripe fruits.
It depicts the struggles of gymnosperms and angiosperms to survive by repeatedly adopting new strategies and challenges to leave seeds.
It is the history of evolution that humans and plants have walked together.


When viewed through the eyes of a plant
A new look at the other side of the world

This book contains all the questions we had about plants that we never really wondered about because they were so natural to us.
Why should we learn about plants? Plants have not only provided human food, but also provided clothing and building materials, and have been closely associated with human life.
It is a living entity that has survived alongside humans throughout the 3.8 billion years of Earth's history.
We usually use plants as static and helpless rhetoric.
Vegetative state, vegetative government, vegetative ○○, etc.
To the human eye, plants, which are immobile beings, appear quiet and static.
But plants are by no means helpless.

Even if humans spread cement on top of the soil for their convenience, the struggles of plants to spread their leaves and roots between the asphalt are not much different from human life.
At the end of the book, the author says:


In the past, all kinds of things were made from plants, including food, clothing, housing, tools, fertilizers, medicines, and fuel.
In modern times, when we make so many things from chemicals and petroleum products, it may seem like the days of relying on plants are a distant memory.
Chemical and petroleum products become waste once they are used up.
However, everything made from plants returns to the earth after use.
(Page 197)

Grasses have been with us since the beginning of human civilization.
It has become a useful crop in settlements as a cultivated plant.
The 'plants' that humans domesticated as food went through a process called 'cultivation'.
Plants try to leave behind many offspring with diversity, but the rich diversity of plants is not very beneficial for human cultivation (p. 100).
Once you sow the seeds, you need plants that grow in a consistent manner so that you can harvest them all at once.
However, plants that grow in a haphazard and unruly manner are not only unsuitable for cultivation, but are also a dynamic and unique plant life in themselves.
When we look at the world through the eyes of plants, we see a new side of the world that was previously invisible due to human-centered judgment.
The author, who is spreading the charm of 'botany' to the world, has rolled up his sleeves for young people and vividly tells the story of the lives of plants.