The soaring majesty of a virgin forest and the intertwined relationships of plant, animal, and man are the subject of Bernd Heinrich's lyrical elegy. Heinrich has spent a lifetime observing the natural world, and now he shares his vast knowledge and reflections on the trees of the Northeast woods and the rhythms of their seasons.From the DNA contained in an apple seed to the great choiring branches far beyond a young boy's reach, Heinrich explores a natural world in scientific and personal terms. Heinrich is a scientist, but his words speak with the power and subtle grace of a poet. He uses this gift, and his intimate knowledge of his 300 acres of Maine forest, to expose the forest's rhythms, and in doing so, illustrates the vital but tenuous link among man, trees, birds, insects, and all the creatures of the forest. Thanks to Bernd Heinrich, readers will finally see the forest and the trees.
Bernd Heinrichs Libri
Bernd Heinrich è un acclamato autore le cui opere si concentrano spesso sul mondo naturale appena fuori dalla nostra porta. Attraverso la sua scrittura, esplora le intricate relazioni tra gli organismi e i loro ambienti, dando vita a una profonda comprensione dei processi biologici. Lo stile di Heinrich è sia educativo che accattivante, offrendo ai lettori uno sguardo affascinante sul comportamento animale e sulle meraviglie della natura. La sua intima connessione con la natura, informata dalle sue stesse esperienze, conferisce alla sua prosa una voce autentica e avvincente.



Winter World
- 368pagine
- 13 ore di lettura
From award-winning writer and biologist Bernd Heinrich, an intimate, accessible and eloquent illumination of animal survival in Winter.From flying squirrels to grizzly bears, torpid turtles to insects with antifreeze, the animal kingdom relies on some staggering evolutionary innovations to survive winter. Unlike their human counterparts, who must alter their environment to accommodate our physical limitations, animals are adaptable to an amazing range of conditions--i.e., radical changes in a creature's physiology take place to match the demands of the environment. Winter provides an especially remarkable situation, because of how drastically it affects the most elemental component of all life: water.Examining everything from food sources in the extremely barren winter landscape to the chemical composition that allows certain creatures to survive, Heinrich's Winter World awakens the largely undiscovered mysteries by which nature sustains herself through the harsh, cruel exigencies of winters
Transfersysteme zur Hochleistungskommunikation
- 276pagine
- 10 ore di lettura
Im vorliegenden Buch werden Protokolle für die Kommunikation in Hochgeschwindigkeitsnetzen vorgestellt. Das Buch ist daher für den Ingenieur und Wissenschaftler, der mit Fragen der Multimediakommunikation befaßt ist, von Interesse.