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Camp's Botany by the Numbers provides a succinct, yet comprehensive walk through the plant kingdom in study outline form. Camp's Biology by the Numbers guide series provide advanced high school students or college students with reliable, information-packed study tools that can save the reader from many hours of scouring dry textbooks. If you have a professor you can't understand, a need to develop deeper knowledge, or a means to better understand your subject, then these guides are for you.
Camp's Botany by the numbers first provides a comprehensive look at the general histology, anatomy, and physiology of plants. It provides a detailed, yet accessible look at the reproductive strategies in bryphophytes, pterophytes, gymnosperms,and angiosperms and provides a context for how these differences are used in botanical classification. There are detailed descriptions of the many orders of plants, with a particular focus on the monocot and dicot angiosperms. Additionally, plant hormones, nutrition, and growth patterns are discussed. Look no further than Camp's Botany by the Numbers for an understandable walk through the world of plant life.
About the author
Ken Camp is a 24 year veteran teacher and adjunct professor. He has taught many cohorts of AP biology, College Dual Enrollment biology, microbiology, ecology, chemistry, environmental science, scientific literacy, and numerous other courses. He has also served as a high school principal, AP coordinator, football coach, soccer coach, and academic team coach. A Georgia Tech grad and a yellow jacket for life, he enjoys aquaponics and aquariums, gardening, hiking, fishing, reading, travel, and cooking, among other things. Weird things follow him. He has had to have rabies shots, had human botflies extracted, and owns a dog that was discovered to be a hermaphrodite, among numerous other bizarre things he has experienced. He lives on Lake Hartwell in North Georgia with his wife Debbie, his much better half, and a bunch of pets that eat a lot and demand his attention. He wants to thank his wife, his parents Ronnie and Babs, his sister Karen Parks, and his son and daughter-in-law Ben and McKinley for inspiring his works and reminding him that there might be something wrong with him.
