{"product_id":"genius-of-trees-2","title":"Genius Of Trees By Rix, Harriet","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Full of wonder and revelation ... Highly recommended'' \u003c\/b\u003eSue Stuart-Smith, author of the \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling \u003ci\u003eThe Well Gardened Mind\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTaking us on an awe-inspiring journey through deep history and across the globe,\u003ci\u003e The Genius of Trees\u003c\/i\u003e restores trees to their rightful position not as victims of our negligence but as ingenious, stunningly inventive agents in a grand ecological narrative.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSome have been using fire as a reproductive tool since prehistoric times. Others have gone to extraordinary lengths to make sure their fruits reach large primates, who can spread their seeds over vast distances, while poisoning smaller and less useful mammals. Some can split solid rock and create fertile ground in barren landscapes, effectively building entire ecosystems from scratch. For the first time, we witness the inventive and astonishing ways trees sculpt and even master their environment and understand the science of how they achieve these feats.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom oaks growing in Devon and Amedi in Iraq to the laurel rainforests of the Canary Islands, metasequoias in California and fossil forests preserved from hundreds of millions of years ago, we see how trees not only farm the landscape in which they grow but also manipulate the fundamental elements, other species and even humankind to achieve their ends.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAt once transporting and expert, this eye-opening, mind-expanding journey into the inner lives of nature’s most powerful plant is a profoundly new and original way of understanding both the miracles trees perform and the glories of our natural world.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57820737634686,"sku":"NW9781847927835","price":16.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781847927835.jpg?v=1786170973","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/en-eu\/products\/genius-of-trees-2","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}