1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910450342103321

Autore

Bell Peter Robert

Titolo

Green plants : their origin and diversity / / Peter R. Bell, Alan R. Hemsley [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2000

ISBN

1-107-11618-X

1-280-95580-5

9786610955800

0-511-80783-X

0-511-35131-3

0-511-04029-6

0-511-15536-0

0-511-55619-5

0-511-05152-2

Edizione

[Second edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (vii, 349 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Disciplina

581.3/8

Soggetti

Botany

Plants

Plants - Evolution

Plants - Variation

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p.[327]-329).

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface to the first edition; Preface to the second edition; 1 General features of the plant kingdom; 2 The subkingdom Algae: Part 1; 3 The subkingdom Algae: Part 2; 4 The subkingdom Algae: Part 3; 5 The subkingdom Embryophyta: division Bryophyta (mosses and liverworts); 6 The subkingdom Embryophyta (cont.): division Tracheophyta,  Part I; 7 The subkingdom Embryophyta (cont.): division Tracheophyta, Part 2; 8 The subkingdom Embryophyta (cont.): division Tracheophyta, Part 3; 9 The subkingdom Embryophyta (cont.): division Tracheophyta, Part 4

GlossarySuggestions for further reading; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The central theme of Green Plants, first published in 2000, is the



astonishing diversity of forms found in the plant kingdom, from the simplicity of prokaryotic algae to the myriad complexities of flowering plants. The book is arranged according to generally accepted classification schemes, beginning with algae (prokaryotic and eukaryotic) and moving through mosses, liverworts, fern allies, ferns and gymnosperms to flowering plants. Copiously illustrated throughout, it provides a concise account of all algae and land plants, with information on topics from cellular structure to life cycles and reproduction. The authors maintain a refreshingly cautious approach in discussions of possible phylogenetic relationships and include newly emerging information on features of plants known only as fossils. This edition has been completely updated to reflect current views on the origin of the major groups of plants, providing a resource for students of botany, and for researchers needing a comprehensive reference to the plant kingdom.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910823931603321

Autore

Chapman J. W. M.

Titolo

Richard Sorge, the GRU and the Pacific War / / by John W. M. Chapman [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Folkestone, Kent : , : Renaissance Books, , 2021

ISBN

1-912961-09-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xxi, 137 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Disciplina

940.54/8647/0924

Soggetti

Spies - Soviet Union

Spies - Japan

World War, 1939-1945 - Secret service - Soviet Union

World War, 1939-1945 - Pacific Area

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- Abbreviations -- List of Illustrations -- 1 ‘All is Not Well in the Camp of the Axis Powers’ -- 2 ‘In the Matter Affecting Ambassador Ott’ -- 3 The Purge of German Journalists -- 4 ‘Expressions which are Psychologically



Dangerous’ -- 5 The Bifurcation of Intelligence in Retrospect, 1929–1937 -- 6 The Bifurcation of Intelligence in Retrospect, 1937–1941 -- 7 Conclusions -- Select Bibliography -- Source Materials -- Index of Persons -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

Sorge's activities between 1930 and 1942 have tended to be lauded as those of a superlative human intelligence operator and the Soviet Union's GRU (Soviet military intelligence unit) as the optimum of spy-masters. Although it was unusual for a great deal of inside knowledge to be obtained from the Japanese side, most attention has always been paid on the German side to the roles played by representatives of the German Army in Japan. This book, supported by extensive notes and a bibliography, by contrast, highlights the friendly relations between Sorge and Paul Wenneker, German naval attaché in Japan from 1932 to 1937 and 1940-45. Wenneker, from extensive and expanding contacts inside the Japanese Navy (and also concealed contacts with the Japanese Army) supplied Sorge with key information on the depth of rivalry between the Japanese armed services.