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A review by diannaobrien
The Wild Trees: A Story of Passion and Daring by Richard Preston
5.0
This is a lovely book that reveals and highlight the people and hidden biology, ecology and wonders if the world’s largest trees. The tops of large trees is a new frontier people are only beginning to learn about.
That said, I would note the beginning of the book is a bit like a complex novel with many people introduced and it is at first difficult to see how they are all connected, but they are! The book introduces you to many complex, some troubled, but all amazing people who took the skills and passions they had to create a web of understanding to explore where literally no one had gone before.
If you love a mystery, science and discovery, and learning about quirky and brilliant scientists and the turns of fate behind discoveries, you will love this book as much as I do.
I just finished reading a library copy and am going to buy my own copy so I can enjoy it again, something I rarely do.
I also enjoyed getting to know the author a bit as he mentions his later interactions with the scientists and tree climbing. Such a lovely view of him and his family.
That said, I would note the beginning of the book is a bit like a complex novel with many people introduced and it is at first difficult to see how they are all connected, but they are! The book introduces you to many complex, some troubled, but all amazing people who took the skills and passions they had to create a web of understanding to explore where literally no one had gone before.
If you love a mystery, science and discovery, and learning about quirky and brilliant scientists and the turns of fate behind discoveries, you will love this book as much as I do.
I just finished reading a library copy and am going to buy my own copy so I can enjoy it again, something I rarely do.
I also enjoyed getting to know the author a bit as he mentions his later interactions with the scientists and tree climbing. Such a lovely view of him and his family.