A biologist reveals the secret world hidden in a single square meter of forest. 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.
戴维•哈斯凯尔的研究与教学工作主要涉及生物进化和动物保护,尤其是对栖息于森林里的鸟类和无脊椎动物的保护。除了发表许多科研文章外,他还发表了数篇关于科学与自然的随笔和诗歌。哈斯凯尔因其创造性地将科学探索、冥想练习和社区行动结合起来而获得了全国关注。2009年,卡耐基基金会、凯斯基金会将他命名为田纳西年度教授,该奖项只授予获得国家荣誉或对大学教育做出突出贡献的大学教授。“牛津美国”将他列入2011年美国南部最具创意的老师。他现在是南方大学的生物教授,生物学系主任,美国南部大学联盟环保研究员。
你知道只有雌蚊子吸血,而雄蚊子吃蜂蜜和糖水吗? 你猜测过山雀的世界有多丰富吗? 你了解短命植物的灿烂而美丽的性爱吗? 也许可怕的鼩鼱也许更能理解你见到喜欢的人时快要窒息的感觉? 狗狗听到救护车警报声为什么不停的嚎叫? 这本书作者像一个朋友一样像你讲述他的解释。 ...
评分距今35亿年左右,原核蓝藻诞生; 距今8亿年左右,具有真核细胞的真菌和藻类植物诞生; 距今3.7亿年左右,苔藓植物诞生; …… 也就是说,在经过了几十亿年的漫长演化之后,那些如今随处可见的植物才有了同我们相遇的可能。 可大部分时候,我们只是漫不经心地踩过一片葱郁的草地...
评分“自然笔记”是一种新生的自然教育方式,也是古老的博物学传统的延续。近几年来,在国内也蔚然成风,以“自然笔记”为主题的图书已经有数十种之多,在我们这个城市化疯狂发展的时代,让孩子和童心未泯的成年人能够借助一种自我教育的方式重新体验大自然的魅力。美国南方大学生...
评分 评分书值得四星半,翻译起码得扣一星。 以下随便挑几个我认为严重的错误。 ...but my nose can detect molecules that waft out of the microscopic world, giving me a peek through my blindness. 【A peek is about all that anyone is given. 】Of the billion microbes that ...
还可以,不是读过最好的
评分The writing is first-rate; the sources first-hand. I just read through it too quickly without ruminating. But some of the curious facts still linger on my mind, such as the ways caterpillars eat leaves.
评分特别羡慕作者,亲近自然就是他的工作,我儿时的梦想在他身上得到了实现。地衣、苔藓有着它们的智慧,鸟类、蝾螈的日常活动被他尽收眼底,大雪、大风也不仅是冷冰冰的气象学现象。知识性强而又不失浪漫情怀,简直不能更棒。然而词汇量是硬伤..
评分The writing is first-rate; the sources first-hand. I just read through it too quickly without ruminating. But some of the curious facts still linger on my mind, such as the ways caterpillars eat leaves.
评分还可以,不是读过最好的
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