Finding the Mother Tree: Uncovering the Wisdom and Intelligence of the Forest
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Summary
A dazzling scientific detective story from the ecologist who first discovered the hidden language of trees
No one has done more to transform our understanding of trees than the world-renowned scientist Suzanne Simard。 Now she shares the secrets of a lifetime spent uncovering startling truths about trees: their cooperation， healing capacity， memory， wisdom and sentience。
Raised in the forests of British Columbia， where her family has lived for generations， Professor Simard did not set out to be a scientist。 She was working in the forest service when she first discovered how trees communicate underground through an immense web of fungi， at the centre of which lie the Mother Trees: the mysterious， powerful entities that nurture their kin and sustain the forest。
Though her ground-breaking findings were initially dismissed and even ridiculed， they are now firmly supported by the data。 As her remarkable journey shows us， science is not a realm apart from ordinary life， but deeply connected with our humanity。
In Finding the Mother Tree， she reveals how the complex cycle of forest life - on which we rely for our existence - offers profound lessons about resilience and kinship， and must be preserved before it's too late。
No one has done more to transform our understanding of trees than the world-renowned scientist Suzanne Simard。 Now she shares the secrets of a lifetime spent uncovering startling truths about trees: their cooperation， healing capacity， memory， wisdom and sentience。
Raised in the forests of British Columbia， where her family has lived for generations， Professor Simard did not set out to be a scientist。 She was working in the forest service when she first discovered how trees communicate underground through an immense web of fungi， at the centre of which lie the Mother Trees: the mysterious， powerful entities that nurture their kin and sustain the forest。
Though her ground-breaking findings were initially dismissed and even ridiculed， they are now firmly supported by the data。 As her remarkable journey shows us， science is not a realm apart from ordinary life， but deeply connected with our humanity。
In Finding the Mother Tree， she reveals how the complex cycle of forest life - on which we rely for our existence - offers profound lessons about resilience and kinship， and must be preserved before it's too late。
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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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