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Zusatztext 'This is the best love letter to trees I have ever read. Had I written it myself!I would die happy'. Sir Tim Smit! Founder of The Eden Project 'I have loved trees all my life. It's fascinating to learn how! across the world! they have inspiredpeople in much the same way! and to understand the key role they play! not just in our lives!but life as a whole'. Dame Judi Dench 'This is the perfect tree book! with beautiful illustrations. A must for any tree lover! professionalor amateur! who wants to learn more about 80 inspirational trees from around the world'. Tony Kirkham! Head of the Arboretum at Kew 'Full of new ideas and wonderful stories about the trees that helped shape us! I really loved this entertainingand erudite world journey'. Beccy Speight! Chief Executive! The Woodland Trust 'Around the World in 80 Trees is a celebration of the vital importance of trees to our culture!environment! diet and spiritual well-being. The combination of factual! scientific and historicalinformation makes for a fascinating read. It is a work of art and science with charming illustrationswhich will delight tree lovers everywhere'. Professor Nicola Spence! the UK Government's Chief Plant Health Officer 'In this delightful and beautifully illustrated book Jonathan provides a collection of fascinatingbiographies of some of the world's most extraordinary trees. [?] This is a personal narrative; Jonathan'slove for trees! and his sense of wonder at the diversity of the natural world! shines through on every page'. Richard Deverell! Director! Royal Botanic Gardens! Kew 'Botanical science! culture and the history of exploration all come together in this journey aroundthe world through many of the most important trees that influence the customs and economyof each country. I would have found it hard to make a better selection of trees that are influentialand important to the culture of the many countries [in this] most engaging trip around the world'. Professor Sir Ghillean Prance FRS! VMH! Former Director! Royal Botanic Gardens! Kew 'Nature writing at its best! skilfully weaving sciencewith fascinating folklore and the sheer wonder of trees'. Professor Sir Charles Godfray CBE FRS Informationen zum Autor Jonathan Drori CBE is a Trustee of The Eden Project and Cambridge Science Centre, an Ambassador for the WWF, and was for nine years a Trustee of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, and The Woodland Trust. He is on the board of Cambridge University Botanic Garden, and is a Fellow of the Linnean Society, the Zoological Society of London and the Royal Geographical Society. In a previous life at the BBC, he was Executive Producer of more than fifty prime-time science documentaries and popular series. Klappentext Trees are one of humanity's most constant and most varied companions. From India's sacred banyan tree to the fragrant cedar of Lebanon, they offer us sanctuary and inspiration - not to mention the raw materials for everything from aspirin to maple syrup. In Around the World in 80 Trees, expert Jonathan Drori uses plant science to illuminate how trees play a role in every part of human life, from the romantic to the regrettable. Stops on the trip include the lime trees of Berlin's Unter den Linden boulevard, which intoxicate amorous Germans and hungry bees alike, the swankiest streets in nineteenth-century London, which were paved with Australian eucalyptus wood, and the redwood forests of California, where the secret to the trees' soaring heights can be found in the properties of the tiniest drops of water. Each of these strange and true tales - populated by self-mummifying monks, tree-climbing goats and ever-so-slightly radioactive nuts - is illustrated by Lucille Clerc, taking the reader on a journey that is as informative as it is beautiful. Vorwort An ...
