Elderflora a modern history of ancient trees

Humans have always revered long-lived trees. But as historian Jared Farmer reveals in Elderflora, our veneration took a modern turn in the eighteenth century, when naturalists embarked on a quest to locate and precisely date the oldest living things on earth. The new science of tree time prompted tr...

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Main Author: Farmer, Jared, 1974- (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Basic Books, Hachette Book Group, 2022.
Edition:First edition.
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