The Forest Unseen av David George Haskell

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<b><b>Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and the PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award<br></b><br>“Injects much-needed vibrancy into the stuffy world of nature writing.” —<i>Outside</i>, “The Outdoor Books That Shaped the Last Decade”</b><br><b><br>The biologist and author of <i>Sounds Wild and Broken </i>combines elegant writing with scientific expertise to reveal the secret world hidden in a single square meter of old-growth forest<br><br></b>In this wholly original book, biologist David Haskell uses a one-square-meter patch of old-growth Tennessee forest as a window onto the entire natural world. Visiting it almost daily for one year to trace nature''s path through the seasons, he brings the forest and its inhabitants to vivid life.<br><br>Each of this book''s short chapters begins with a simple observation: a salamander scuttling across the leaf litter; the first blossom of spring wildflowers. From these, Haskell spins a brill