The Forest Unseen: A Year's Watch in Nature (Hardcover) by David George Haskell

from billsearth

This is a chronicle of activity in a very small natural area. It is one of those books that shows again, how inter-related the natural world is, and how most ever living thing in it is also interdependent. The author follows all the living things in the area for a year, telling us of the activiti...

from MarkBeronte

A biologist reveals the secret world hidden in a single square meter of forest Written with remarkable grace and empathy, The Forest Unseen is a grand tour of nature in all its profundity. Biologist David George Haskell uses a one-square-meter patch of old-growth Tennessee forest as a window onto...

from KatieBrugger

Letter I wrote to the author:I've just finished reading The Forest Unseen. I have slowly savored your book over many weeks, reading one day's entry, at most two, at one sitting. I have never read anyone who combined a meditative consciousness with a scientist's mind so beautifully. You presented ...

from GlennBell

Highly enjoyable book. The author is learned and insightful. I appreciate his ability of observation and reflection. I strongly recommend the book.

from KatieBrugger

Letter I wrote to the author:I've just finished reading The Forest Unseen. I have slowly savored your book over many weeks, reading one day's entry, at most two, at one sitting. I have never read anyone who combined a meditative consciousness with a scientist's mind so beautifully. You presented ...