{"product_id":"9781982164065","title":"Twelve Trees: The Deep Roots of Our Future","description":"\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor\/Contributor(s):\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eLewis, Daniel\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eAvid Reader Press \/ Simon \u0026amp; Schuster\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDate:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e03\/11\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003ePaperback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eNEW\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003cb\u003eA compelling global exploration of nature and survival as seen via a dozen species of trees, offering “extensive insight into the ways in which humans and trees are interconnected” (\u003ci\u003eBookPage\u003c\/i\u003e), revealing the challenges facing our planet and how scientists are working urgently to save our forests and our future.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe world today is undergoing the most rapid environmental transformation in human history—from climate change to deforestation. Scientists, ethnobotanists, indigenous peoples, and collectives of all kinds are closely studying trees and their biology to understand how and why trees function individually and collectively in the ways they do. In \u003ci\u003eTwelve Trees\u003c\/i\u003e, Daniel Lewis, curator and historian at one of the world’s most renowned research libraries, travels the world to learn about these trees in their habitats.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eLewis takes us on a sweeping journey to plant breeding labs, botanical gardens, research facilities, deep inside museum collections, to the tops of tall trees, underwater, and around the Earth, journeying into the deserts of the American west and the deep jungles of Peru, to offer a globe-spanning perspective on the crucial impact trees have on our entire planet. When a once-common tree goes extinct in the wild but survives in a botanical garden, what happens next? How can scientists reconstruct lost genomes and habitats? How does a tree store thousands of gallons of water, or offer up perfectly preserved insects from millions of years ago, or root itself in muddy swamps and remain standing? How does a 5,000-year-old tree manage to live, and what can we learn from it? And how can science account for the survival of one species at the expense of others? \u003ci\u003eTwelve Trees \u003c\/i\u003e“brims with wonder, appreciation, and even some small hope” (\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e) and is an awe-inspiring story of our world, its past, and its future.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eNote—species include: \u003ci\u003e* \u003c\/i\u003eThe Lost Tree of Easter Island \u003ci\u003e(Sophora toromiro) \u003c\/i\u003e* The coast redwood (\u003ci\u003eSequoia sempervirens\u003c\/i\u003e) * \u003ci\u003eHymenaea protera\u003c\/i\u003e [a fossil tree] * The Longleaf pine (\u003ci\u003ePinus palustris\u003c\/i\u003e) * East Indian sandalwood (\u003ci\u003eSantanum album\u003c\/i\u003e) * The Bristlecone pine (\u003ci\u003ePinus longaeva\u003c\/i\u003e) * West African ebony (\u003ci\u003eDiospyros crassiflora\u003c\/i\u003e) * The Tasmanian blue gum eucalyptus (\u003ci\u003eEucalyptus globulus\u003c\/i\u003e) * Olive tree (\u003ci\u003eOlea europaea\u003c\/i\u003e) * Baobab (\u003ci\u003eAdansonia digitata\u003c\/i\u003e) * the kapok tree (\u003ci\u003eCeiba pentandra\u003c\/i\u003e) * The bald cypress (\u003ci\u003eTaxodium distichum\u003c\/i\u003e)","brand":"Avid Reader Press \/ Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46064487661823,"sku":"9781982164065","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0452\/0886\/2873\/files\/Jacket_9fd96559-57cf-48a5-9951-e8820f4979c3.jpg?v=1742918641","url":"https:\/\/massivebookshop.com\/de\/products\/9781982164065","provider":"MASSIVE BOOKSHOP","version":"1.0","type":"link"}