The story of Professor Ghillean Prance, from his earliest days as a young scientist at Oxford, to expeditions across the Amazon searching for new species of plants, facing upturned boats and plane crashes en route, to Director of Kew (1988- 1999). Now a famed international speaker and conservationist, Prance is a scientific advisor to the Eden project. Illustrated with 40 pages of plates, many in colour.The story of Professor

Ghillean Prance, from his

earliest days as a young

scientist at Oxford, to

expeditions across the

Amazon searching for new

species of plants, facing

upturned boats and plane

crashes en route, to

Director of Kew (1988-

1999).