Book club – Lessons from Plants by Beronda Montgomery

Chemistry World Book Club by Chemistry World

Aug 10, 202113:59Science & Medicine

This episode is for all those people who have turned to gardening or amassed houseplants during the Covid lockdowns as we'll be talking about Lessons from Plants. In it, the biochemist Beronda Montgomery explores the vig...

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