Dirt: The Ecstatic Skin of the Earth
A gleeful, poetic book...Like the best natural histories, Dirt is a kind of prayer. —Los Angeles Times Book ReviewYou are about to read a lot about dirt, which no one knows very much about. So begins the cult classic that brings mystery and magic to that stuff that won't come off your collar.John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Saint Phocas, Darwin, and Virgil parade through this thought-provoking work, taking their place next to the dung beetle, the compost heap, dowsing, historical farming, and the microscopic biota that till the soil. Whether William Bryant Logan is traversing the far reaches of the cosmos or plowing through our planet's crust, h…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-0-393-35160-6
- EAN: 9780393351606
- Produktnummer: 34247895
- Verlag: W. W. Norton & Company
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2007
- Seitenangabe: 224 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 1'076 KB
Über den Autor
William Bryant Logan is a practicing arborist and the author of four acclaimed books on nature: Sprout Lands, Dirt, Oak, and Air. He is on the faculty of the New York Botanical Garden and lives in Brooklyn, New York.
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