Winner of the Jacques Barzun Prize in Cultural History Combining rigorous research with lyrical writing, Elderflora chronicles the complex roles ancient trees have played in the modern world and illuminates how we might need old trees now more than ever. Humans have always revered long-lived trees. But as historian Jared Farmer reveals in Elderflora, our respect took a modern turn in the eighteenth century when naturalists embarked on a quest to locate and precisely date the oldest living things on earth. The new science of tree time prompted travellers to visit ancient specimens and con Elderflora - Jared Farmer od authora Jared Farmer a nakladatelství za skvělé ceny na e-shopu Martinus. cz.
| Autor |
Jared Farmer |
| Jazyk |
anglický |
| Počet stran |
448 |
| Rok vydání |
2024 |
| Nakladatelství |
Picador |
