Jonathan Drori
Author of Around the World in 80 Trees | Eden Project trustee, botanical storyteller
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Jonathan Drori CBE is the author of Around the World in 80 Trees and Around the World in 80 Plants, and is known for TED talks on botany. He is a Trustee of the Cambridge and Oxford Botanic Gardens and Honorary Professor at Birmingham University's Institute of Forest Research, and earlier made science documentaries for BBC TV.
What Jonathan Talks About
Around the World in 80 Trees: stories from every continent
The secret life of flowers and how they manipulate us
Why what we teach about plants is mostly wrong
Botanical science made fascinating
The stories trees tell about human civilization
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The beautiful tricks of flowers
In this visually dazzling talk, Jonathan Drori shows the extraordinary ways flowering plants -- over a quarter million species -- have evolved to attract insects to spread their pollen: growing 'landing-strips' to guide the insects in, shining in ultraviolet, building elaborate traps, and even mimicking other insects in heat.
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23 Ways to Screw Up a Business Relationship
The Road to Subtle Tyranny
8 talks, 2011 to 2019
This is only what we could find published. Jonathan has almost certainly done more.
Jonathan Drori at Hay Festival 2019
Jonathan Drori at Hay Festival 2018
23 Ways to Screw Up a Business Relationship
The Road to Subtle Tyranny
What events has Jonathan spoken at?
2 events · 6 appearances · 2007 to 2019
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