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The Genius of Trees: How They Mastered the Elements and Shaped the World
By Harriet Rix
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By Harriet Rix
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Trees are complex, powerful and often underestimated. Tree scientist Harriet Rix offers an expansive and accessible guide to the ecological achievements of trees and their profound, mesmerizing role in our ecosystem.
A mind-expanding exploration of how trees learned to shape our world by manipulating the elements, plants, animals, and even humankind, possessing agency beyond anything we might have imagined
“Astounding . . . a true masterpiece . . . Rix refuses to put herself much in the picture, but through the scenes we glimpse an Indiana Jones figure who is both an eminent, travelling scientist and a born writer.”—The Telegraph
A NEW YORKER BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR
For a supposedly stationary life-form, tre...
“Astounding . . . a true masterpiece . . . Rix refuses to put herself much in the picture, but through the scenes we glimpse an Indiana Jones figure who is both an eminent, travelling scientist and a born writer.”—The Telegraph
A NEW YORKER BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR
For a supposedly stationary life-form, tre...
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