Engels | 03-03-2022 | 368 pagina's
9780141990286
Paperback / softback
THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER 'A scientific memoir as gripping as any HBO drama series' Kate Kellaway, Observer A dazzling scientific detective story from the ecologist who first discovered the hidden language of trees No one has done more to transform our understanding of trees than the world-renowned scientist Suzanne Simard. Now she shares the secrets of a lifetime spent uncovering startling truths about trees: their cooperation, healing capacity, memory, wisdom and sentience. Raised in the forests of British Columbia, where her family has lived for generations, Professor Simard did not set out to be a scientist. She was working in the forest service when she first discovered how trees communicate underground through an immense web of fungi, at the centre of which lie the Mother Trees: the mysterious, powerful entities that nurture their kin and sustain the forest. Though her ground-breaking findings were initially dismissed and even ridiculed, they are now firmly supported by the data. As her remarkable journey shows us, science is not a realm apart from ordinary life, but deeply connected with our humanity. In Finding the Mother Tree, she reveals how the complex cycle of forest life - on which we rely for our existence - offers profound lessons about resilience and kinship, and must be preserved before it's too late.
EAN : | 9780141990286 |
Uitgever : | Penguin Books Ltd |
Publicatiedatum : | 03-03-2022 |
Formaat : | Paperback / softback |
Taal : | Engels |
Hoogte : | 129 mm |
Breedte : | 196 mm |
Dikte : | 25 mm |
Gewicht : | 292 gr |
Voorraad : | Bestelbaar |
Aantal bladzijden : | 368 |
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