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-
Format: Book
Language: English
Published: New York, NY : Basic Books, Hachette Book Group, 2022.
Physical Description: vii, 432 pages ; 25 cm.
Edition: First edition.
Subjects:
Trees -- Age.

CMU Main Books 3rd Floor

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