{"product_id":"the-genius-of-trees-how-trees-shaped-the-elements-and-mastered","title":"The Genius of Trees How Trees Shaped the Elements and Mastered","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDisponibilità soggetta a conferma. Tempi di evasione dell'ordine comunicati al momento dell'acquisto.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Sublime ... Non-fiction rarely sees a debut like \u003ci\u003eThe Genius of Trees\u003c\/i\u003e. It is a true masterpiece'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eDAILY TELEGRAPH\u003c\/i\u003e, 5 Stars\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e'Wondrous. Gives us trees as we've never seen them before'\u003c\/b\u003e ISABELLA TREE, author of \u003ci\u003eWilding\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e'Mind-blowing'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eGUARDIAN\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Genius of Trees\u003c\/i\u003e tells the mind-expanding global story of the inventive and astonishing ways trees learned to shape our natural world.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Over hundreds of millions of years, from prehistoric forests to the trees around us today, we see trees using fire as a reproductive tool, harnessing large mammals to spread their seeds (but poisoning smaller, less useful mammals), and splitting rock to create fertile ground in barren landscapes.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Because trees, we discover, manipulate fundamental elements, plants, animals, bacteria, fungi, and even humankind to achieve their ends. From the laurel cloud-forests of the Canary Islands to the magnificent sex-shifting oaks of Iraq, from the giant sequoias of California to the carbon-spinning junipers of the Pakistan-Afghanistan border - trees sculpt their environments.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e At once transporting and expert, \u003ci\u003eThe Genius of Trees\u003c\/i\u003e gives us hope for the future. It enables us to see trees, for the first time, not as victims but as agents of change in a grand ecological narrative - and as leading actors in the great drama of life on earth.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e'Exceptional'\u003c\/b\u003e ROBIN LANE FOX, \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e Gardening Columnist\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e'Full of wonder and revelation ... Highly recommended'\u003c\/b\u003e SUE STUART-SMITH, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Well Gardened Mind\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e'If I was dazzled by nature and in awe of trees before, I now know how much we are indebted to them'\u003c\/b\u003e KIRSTY WARK, Television Presenter \u0026amp; Journalist\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Libreria Fiore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54120388723034,"sku":null,"price":23.37,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0949\/7382\/1274\/files\/26005803482845.jpg?v=1778228376","url":"https:\/\/libreriafiore.it\/products\/the-genius-of-trees-how-trees-shaped-the-elements-and-mastered","provider":"Libreria Fiore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}