Description
A compelling global exploration of nature and survival as seen via a dozen species of trees that represent the challenges facing our planet, and the ways that scientists are working urgently to save our forests and our future.
Author: Daniel Lewis
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Avid Reader Press / Simon & Schuster
Published: 03/12/2024
Pages: 304
Weight: 1.17lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.87d
ISBN: 9781982164058
Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 01/01/2024
Publishers Weekly 01/22/2024
Booklist 02/01/2024 pg. 8
Library Journal 02/01/2024 pg. 91
About the Author
Daniel Lewis is the Dibner Senior Curator for the History of Science and Technology at the Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens in Southern California, and a writer, college professor, and environmental historian. He writes about the biological sciences and their intersections with extinction, policy, culture, history, politics, law, and literature. Lewis holds the PhD in history and has held post-doctoral fellowships at Oxford, the Smithsonian, the Rachel Carson Center in Munich, and elsewhere. Lewis also serves on the faculty at Caltech, where he teaches environmental humanities courses, as well as at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena. He is also currently serving a five-year term on the IUCN's Species Survival Commission, as a Bird Red List Authority member. His previous books include Belonging on an Island: Birds, Extinction, and Evolution in Hawai'i and The Feathery Tribe: Robert Ridgway and the Modern Study of Birds.
Author: Daniel Lewis
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Avid Reader Press / Simon & Schuster
Published: 03/12/2024
Pages: 304
Weight: 1.17lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.87d
ISBN: 9781982164058
Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 01/01/2024
Publishers Weekly 01/22/2024
Booklist 02/01/2024 pg. 8
Library Journal 02/01/2024 pg. 91
About the Author
Daniel Lewis is the Dibner Senior Curator for the History of Science and Technology at the Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens in Southern California, and a writer, college professor, and environmental historian. He writes about the biological sciences and their intersections with extinction, policy, culture, history, politics, law, and literature. Lewis holds the PhD in history and has held post-doctoral fellowships at Oxford, the Smithsonian, the Rachel Carson Center in Munich, and elsewhere. Lewis also serves on the faculty at Caltech, where he teaches environmental humanities courses, as well as at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena. He is also currently serving a five-year term on the IUCN's Species Survival Commission, as a Bird Red List Authority member. His previous books include Belonging on an Island: Birds, Extinction, and Evolution in Hawai'i and The Feathery Tribe: Robert Ridgway and the Modern Study of Birds.