Finding the Mother Tree: Discovering How the Forest Is Wired for Intelligence and Healing
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Summary
A world-leading expert shares her amazing story of discovering the communication that exists between trees， and shares her own story of family and grief。
Dr。 Suzanne Simard was born and raised in the rainforests of British Columbia and has forged a lifelong relationship of love and respect with the trees。 This relationship was the driving force behind her decision to dedicate her life to better understanding the forest and the network that connects the plant life within。
With humour， emotion， and the narrative drive of a lifelong storyteller， Dr。 Simard takes readers on an intimate journey of groundbreaking scientific discovery。 Linking her research to her personal experiences， she recounts her life's work uncovering the Wood Wide Web， the underground mycelium network that connects all the trees and plants within a forest。 It is a network that allows them to share not only nutrients， but information， all of which originates from the hubs called Mother Trees。
Readers will journey with Dr。 Simard into this massive experiment， from dramatic encounters with wildlife to the groundbreaking Aha moments in a lab， from learning how to utilize this network to promote plant growth to what this network can teach us about combatting climate change。 Dramatic， funny， touching， and evocative， Finding the Mother Tree offers an intimate and personal look at discovery。 This book is not about how we can save the trees， but about how the trees might actually save us。
Dr。 Suzanne Simard was born and raised in the rainforests of British Columbia and has forged a lifelong relationship of love and respect with the trees。 This relationship was the driving force behind her decision to dedicate her life to better understanding the forest and the network that connects the plant life within。
With humour， emotion， and the narrative drive of a lifelong storyteller， Dr。 Simard takes readers on an intimate journey of groundbreaking scientific discovery。 Linking her research to her personal experiences， she recounts her life's work uncovering the Wood Wide Web， the underground mycelium network that connects all the trees and plants within a forest。 It is a network that allows them to share not only nutrients， but information， all of which originates from the hubs called Mother Trees。
Readers will journey with Dr。 Simard into this massive experiment， from dramatic encounters with wildlife to the groundbreaking Aha moments in a lab， from learning how to utilize this network to promote plant growth to what this network can teach us about combatting climate change。 Dramatic， funny， touching， and evocative， Finding the Mother Tree offers an intimate and personal look at discovery。 This book is not about how we can save the trees， but about how the trees might actually save us。
Reviews
Lou
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In Finding the Mother Tree a world-leading expert shares her amazing story of discovering the communication that exists between trees， and shares her own story of family and grief。 Dr。 Suzanne Simard was born and raised in the rainforests of British Columbia and has forged a lifelong relationship of love and respect with the trees。 This relationship was the driving force behind her decision to dedicate her life to better understanding the forest and the network that connects the plant life withi In Finding the Mother Tree a world-leading expert shares her amazing story of discovering the communication that exists between trees， and shares her own story of family and grief。 Dr。 Suzanne Simard was born and raised in the rainforests of British Columbia and has forged a lifelong relationship of love and respect with the trees。 This relationship was the driving force behind her decision to dedicate her life to better understanding the forest and the network that connects the plant life within。 With humour， emotion， and the narrative drive of a lifelong storyteller， Dr。 Simard takes readers on an intimate journey of groundbreaking scientific discovery。 Linking her research to her personal experiences， she recounts her life's work uncovering the Wood Wide Web， the underground mycelium network that connects all the trees and plants within a forest。 It is a network that allows them to share not only nutrients， but information， all of which originates from the hubs called Mother Trees。 Readers will journey with Dr。 Simard into this massive experiment， from dramatic encounters with wildlife to the groundbreaking Aha moments in a lab， from learning how to utilize this network to promote plant growth to what this network can teach us about combatting climate change。 Dramatic， funny， touching， and evocative， Finding the Mother Tree offers an intimate and personal look at discovery。 This book is not about how we can save the trees， but about how the trees might actually save us。 An exquisitely written， richly informative and utterly compelling hybrid of fascinating facts about the natural world all around us and personal memoir。 An accessible， wonderful and eminently readable book。 Highly recommended。 。。。more
Jen Burrows
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I feel like I should probably preface this review with a disclaimer: I do not have a scientific background， and a lot of the concepts and theories in this book were completely new to me。 But Dr Simard's conversational style， interweaving autobiography with scholarship， makes this complex subject accessible。This is a book about connection， and at its heart lies the links between the personal and the professional， family and forest。 I enjoyed the insight into the lengthy process of research and ex I feel like I should probably preface this review with a disclaimer: I do not have a scientific background， and a lot of the concepts and theories in this book were completely new to me。 But Dr Simard's conversational style， interweaving autobiography with scholarship， makes this complex subject accessible。This is a book about connection， and at its heart lies the links between the personal and the professional， family and forest。 I enjoyed the insight into the lengthy process of research and experimentation， and the challenges Dr Simard faced in communicating her groundbreaking findings with the world。 Her research has had a global impact， but it has also been a powerful personal journey。Part natural history， part memoir， Finding the Mother Tree is a fascinating insight into the secret framework of forests。*Thank you to Netgalley for the arc in exchange for an honest review* 。。。more
Carie
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Very interesting science memoir。 Not what I'd usually read but it caught my attention as I enjoy nature and forests。 Very relevant to today with everything that is going on with climate and environmental change。 Thought provoking book。Thank you Netgalley and Penguin Press UK - Allen Lane for the ARC。 Very interesting science memoir。 Not what I'd usually read but it caught my attention as I enjoy nature and forests。 Very relevant to today with everything that is going on with climate and environmental change。 Thought provoking book。Thank you Netgalley and Penguin Press UK - Allen Lane for the ARC。 。。。more
Karen
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Prof Simard’s research on forests has transformed our understanding of how trees communicate with each other。In this memoir from the self-styled forest detective， we see early inspiration come from her logging family and life in British Columbia woodland。 We follow her career， to her discovery， during her PhD， of the Wood Wide Web， and the more recent breakthroughs on resource transfer， defence signalling and kin recognition signalling。The scientist’s work has contributed to innovative and susta Prof Simard’s research on forests has transformed our understanding of how trees communicate with each other。In this memoir from the self-styled forest detective， we see early inspiration come from her logging family and life in British Columbia woodland。 We follow her career， to her discovery， during her PhD， of the Wood Wide Web， and the more recent breakthroughs on resource transfer， defence signalling and kin recognition signalling。The scientist’s work has contributed to innovative and sustainable forestry practices。 She is now turning her attention to mitigating the effects on forests of climate and environmental change。My thanks to NetGalley and Penguin Press UK – Allen Lane for the ARC 。。。more
Amanda
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Prof Simard’s research on forests has transformed our understanding of how trees communicate with each other。 In this memoir from the self-styled forest detective， we see early inspiration come from her logging family and life in British Columbia woodland。 We follow her career as a silviculturist and academician， to her discovery， during her PhD， of the Wood Wide Web， and the more recent breakthroughs on resource transfer， defence signalling and kin recognition signalling。The scientist’s work ha Prof Simard’s research on forests has transformed our understanding of how trees communicate with each other。 In this memoir from the self-styled forest detective， we see early inspiration come from her logging family and life in British Columbia woodland。 We follow her career as a silviculturist and academician， to her discovery， during her PhD， of the Wood Wide Web， and the more recent breakthroughs on resource transfer， defence signalling and kin recognition signalling。The scientist’s work has contributed to innovative and sustainable forestry practices。 She is now turning her attention to mitigating the effects on forests of climate and environmental change。My thanks to NetGalley and Penguin Press UK – Allen Lane for the ARC。 。。。more
Viola
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Finding the Mother Tree: Discovering the Wisdom of the ForestBy Suzanne SimardSee interview with author Suzanne Simard “dispatches from finding the mother tree” https://youtu。be/--secsuookoFrom the forest ecologist who changed how people view trees and their connections to one another and to other living things in the forest--a personal journey of discovery。Suzanne Simard is a pioneer on the frontier of plant communication and intelligence; she's been compared to Rachel “Silent Spring” Carson; h Finding the Mother Tree: Discovering the Wisdom of the ForestBy Suzanne SimardSee interview with author Suzanne Simard “dispatches from finding the mother tree” https://youtu。be/--secsuookoFrom the forest ecologist who changed how people view trees and their connections to one another and to other living things in the forest--a personal journey of discovery。Suzanne Simard is a pioneer on the frontier of plant communication and intelligence; she's been compared to Rachel “Silent Spring” Carson; hailed as a scientist who conveys complex， technical ideas in a way that is dazzling and profound。 Her research has influenced filmmakers （the Tree of Souls of James Cameron's Avatar） and her TED talks eg https://www。ted。com/talks/suzanne_sim。。。？ have been viewed by many people worldwide。 INTERDEPENDENT Forest Wide WEB Her first book brings us into the intimate world of the trees， in which she brilliantly illuminates the fascinating and vital truths--that trees are not simply the source of timber or pulp， but are a complicated， interdependent circle of life; that forests are social， cooperative creatures connected through underground networks by which trees communicate their vitality and vulnerabilities with communal lives not that different from our own。 MUTUAL AIDSimard writes how trees， living side by side for hundreds of years， have evolved， how they perceive one another， learn and adapt their behaviors， recognize neighbors， and remember the past; how they have agency about the future; elicit warnings and mount defenses， compete and cooperate with one another with sophistication， characteristics ascribed to human intelligence， traits that are the essence of civil societies--and at the center of it all， the Mother Trees: the mysterious， powerful forces that connect and sustain the others that surround them。 Autobiography Simard writes of her own life， born and raised into a logging world in the rainforests of British Columbia， of her days as a child spent cataloging the trees from the forest and how she came to love and respect them--embarking on a journey of discovery， and struggle。 And as she writes of her scientific quest， she writes of her own journey--of love and loss， of observation and change， of risk and reward， making us understand how deeply human scientific inquiry exists beyond data and technology， that it is about understanding who we are and our place in the world， and， in writing of her own life， we come to see the true connectedness of the Mother Tree that nurtures the forest in the profound ways that families and human societies do， and how these inseparable bonds enable all our survival。 SUZANNE SIMARD was born in the Monashee Mountains of British Columbia and was educated at the University of British Columbia and Oregon State University。 She is Professor of Forest Ecology in the University of British Columbia's Faculty of Forestry。 ISBN: 9780525656098ISBN-10: 052565609XPublisher: KnopfPublication Date: May 4th， 2021Pages: 368Language: English 。。。more
Sarah Boon
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A good mix of the personal and the scientific in this detailed book about how Simard came to understand how trees connect with each other underground。
jeremy
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i can't tell if my blood is in the trees or if the trees are in my blood。 melding science and memoir， suzanne simard's finding the mother tree recounts her remarkable research into mycorrhizal networks， hub trees， and interspecies cooperation and reciprocity。 simard， a professor and forest ecologist （and inspiration for the dendrologist character in richard powers' pulitzer prize-winning novel， the overstory）， expounds upon the details and discoveries of her decades-long arboreal explorations i can't tell if my blood is in the trees or if the trees are in my blood。 melding science and memoir， suzanne simard's finding the mother tree recounts her remarkable research into mycorrhizal networks， hub trees， and interspecies cooperation and reciprocity。 simard， a professor and forest ecologist （and inspiration for the dendrologist character in richard powers' pulitzer prize-winning novel， the overstory）， expounds upon the details and discoveries of her decades-long arboreal explorations， chronicling it alongside her own personal story full of challenge and triumph。the science of fungal networks， symbiotic communication， and interconnected habitats is wholly fascinating and simard is an excellent educator。 ancient and indigenous communities， while lacking the supportive science， seemed to better understand （or， at the least， better observe， intuit， and respect） the interdependencies of species and healthy ecosystems （which the author herself acknowledges）， so the important work of people like simard will hopefully help encourage a greater recognition of the significance of ecological balance （or whatever balance can even be restored in our anthropocene）。 finding the mother tree， beyond its compelling scientific and autobiographical accounts， is also somewhat of an indictment of the status quo， given how hard it was for simard and her work to be taken seriously in a hierarchical field hampered by governmental bureaucracy and industrial greed （and， of course， misogyny）。 if the mycorrhizal network is a facsimile of a neural network， the molecules moving among trees could be as sharp as the electrochemical impulses between neurons， the brain chemistry that allows us to think and communicate。 is it possible that the trees are as perceptive of their neighbors as we are of our own thoughts and moods？ even more， are the social interactions between trees as influential on their shared reality as that of two people engaged in conversation？ can trees discern as quickly as we can？ can they continuously gauge， adjust， and regulate based on their signals and interactions， just as we do？ 。。。more
Emma
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