Botany: A Blooming History
2011 · BBC Four · 60 min · 1 season
S01E03 · Hidden World
Wed, 22 June, 6:00 am
Timothy Walker looks at how pioneer botanists unlocked the patterns found in different types of plants and opened the door to a new branch of science - plant genetics.
About
A series which tells the story of how people came to understand the natural order of the plant world, and how the quest to discover how plants grow uncovered the secret to life on the planet.
Episodes
- E01
A Confusion of Names
Wed, 8 June· 60 minTimothy Walker reveals how the work of Carl Linnaeus, Phillip Miller and John Ray unlocked the mysteries of the plant kingdom and created the science of botany.
- E02
Photosynthesis
Wed, 15 June· 60 minTimothy Walker looks at how 17th century botanists made the connection between the growth of a plant and the energy from the sun - the process of photosynthesis.
- E03
Hidden World
Wed, 22 June· 60 minTimothy Walker looks at how pioneer botanists unlocked the patterns found in different types of plants and opened the door to a new branch of science - plant genetics.
Cast
Timothy Walker
Presenter