This book is the result of the shared fascination of an artist and a scientist with the perfect design of organisms too small to be seen without a microscope - pollen grains, which are enclosed beyond the accessible beauty of the flower until the moment of release, ,when they will be carried by wind, water or animal vectors to achieve their purpose, procreation.Starting with a clear explanation of the structure and form of pollen, the authors go on to examine the remarkable events from pollination to fertilisation, and the many ways in which pollen impacts unseen on our lives. All of this is interwoven with a dazzling array of original images by the authors, created especially for the book, interpreting this magical world in a way no other book on the subject has ever done.\'The sex life of plants is taken far from the dry textbook and into a lush world of colour and improbably complex shapes\' BBC Wildlife\'Stunning!\' Nature