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The Forest Unseen: A Year's Watch in Nature

David G. Haskell

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#1397 of 3,809 books · #131 in Science & Technology

Shortlisted for the Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction (2013) and the PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award (2013).

The Forest Unseen was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and the Pen/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award. In this wholly original book, biologist David Haskell uses a one-square-meter patch of old-growth Tennessee forest as a window onto the entire natural world. Visiting it almost daily for one year to trace nature's path through the seasons, he brings the forest and its inhabitants to vivid life. Each of this book's short chapters begins with a simple observation: a salamander scuttling across the leaf litter; the first blossom of spring wildflowers. From these, Haskell spins a brilliant web of biology and ecology, explaining the science that binds together the tiniest microbes and the largest mammals and describing the ecosystems that have cycled for thousands—sometimes millions—of years. Each visit to the forest presents a nature story in miniature as Haskell elegantly teases out the intricate relationships that order the creatures and plants that call it home. Written with remarkable grace and empathy, The Forest Unseen is a grand tour of nature in all its profundity. Haskell is a perfect guide into the world that exists beneath our feet and beyond our backyards.

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Publisher
Viking
ISBN-13
9781101561065
Topics
EcologyNatural historyForest ecosystems

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