Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses - Softcover

Kimmerer, Robin Wall

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0870714996 ISBN 13: 9780870714993

Verlag: Oregon State University, 2003

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Book by Kimmerer Robin Wall

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"Yet this is so much more than a book about mosses. This is a Native American woman speaking. This is a mother's story. This is science revealed through the human psyche. Robin Kimmerer is a scientist who combines empiricism with all other forms of knowing. Hers is a spectacularly different view of the world, and her true voice needs to be heard."

Reseña del editor:

Living at the limits of our ordinary perception, mosses are a common but largely unnoticed element of the natural world. Gathering Moss is a beautifully written mix of science and personal reflection that invites readers to explore and learn from the elegantly simple lives of mosses. In this series of linked personal essays, Robin Kimmerer leads general readers and scientists alike to an understanding of how mosses live and how their lives are intertwined with the lives of countless other beings. Kimmerer explains the biology of mosses clearly and artfully, while at the same time reflecting on what these fascinating organisms have to teach us. Drawing on her experiences as a scientist, a mother, and a Native American, Kimmerer explains the stories of mosses in scientific terms as well as in the framework of indigenous ways of knowing. In her book, the natural history and cultural relationships of mosses become a powerful metaphor for ways of living in the world.

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• Verlag: Oregon State University
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0870714996
• ISBN 13: 9780870714993
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 168