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The hidden life of trees is an unexpectedly fascinating look at the way trees live, grow, survive communicate with and support each other in their natural environments. It is reminiscent of that kind of revolution in primate study that jane goodall an... Read More
This book explains and expands why that is. It is also a great conversation starter! The author's style is familiar and chatty, like a friendly conversation.
Cons
The book chapters are extremely short; in fact, there are 38 chapters which facilitates the author to deviate from the hub. A lot of science data quoting. Peter w's romantic little vignettes are factually incorrect at almost every turn.
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He’s english but copes admirably with the delightfulsounding german words thrown in
I love trees and so i like that i can better connect with them with the knowledge i gained in this book
Not that he doesn’t know his science — it’s just that his relationship with the trees is reminiscent of that kind of revolution... Read More
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I have a masters degree in biology and this book gave me new perspective of the world
I always felt the personality and comradery of trees
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I have to give credit to the author for his creative ways of explaining what we see every day but rarely take the time out to really notice and for a deeper understanding of what trees face on a daily basis
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It’s not a topic i’ve ever given much thought to and he doesn’t present much in the way of evidence or references basing his explanations on his many years looking after native german forests
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His anthropomorphisms are cute but ended up making a strange kind of sense
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Its a tree book it taught me to beat up my rose bush because my rose bush is a bully
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I cannot comment further than that
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A walk in the forest will never be the same for me again
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Sort of reminded me of that movie where trees gave off a chemical which made people kill themselves but that isnt what happens here
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This book reads like a trees autobiography
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