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A biologist reveals the secret world hidden in a single square meter of old-growth forest — a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and the Pen/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award Combining elegant writing with scientific expertise, The Forest Unseen "injects much-needed vibrancy into the stuffy world of nature writing" (Outside, The Outdoor Books That Shaped the Last Decade) In this wholly original book, biologist David Haskell uses a 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. 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 brilliant web of biology and ecology, explaining the science that binds together the tiniest microbes and the largest mammals and describing the ecosystems that have cycled for thousands- sometimes millions of years. Each visit to the forest presents a nature story in miniature as Haskell elegantly teases out the intricate relationships that

Who reads The Forest Unseen : A Year's Watch in Nature?

Author

David George Haskell

Publisher

Viking Books

Published

2012

Language

EN

ISBN

9780143122944

Category

science

Subjects

History, Nature, Biology

Rating

4.19 / 5 (116 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14