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Home > Mathematics and Science Textbooks > Biology, life sciences > Mycology, fungi > Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds and Shape Our Futures
Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds and Shape Our Futures

Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds and Shape Our Futures


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A mind-altering adventure through the world of fungi for readers of Robert Macfarlane and Other Minds *THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER* 'A dazzling, vibrant, vision-changing book. I ended it wonderstruck at the fungal world. A remarkable work by a remarkable writer' Robert Macfarlane The more we learn about fungi, the less makes sense without them. Neither plant nor animal, they are found throughout the earth, the air and our bodies. They can be microscopic, yet also account for the largest organisms ever recorded. They enabled the first life on land, can survive unprotected in space and thrive amidst nuclear radiation. In fact, nearly all life relies in some way on fungi. These endlessly surprising organisms have no brain but can solve problems and manipulate animal behaviour with devastating precision. In giving us bread, alcohol and life-saving medicines, fungi have shaped human history, and their psychedelic properties have recently been shown to alleviate a number of mental illnesses. Their ability to digest plastic, explosives, pesticides and crude oil is being harnessed in break-through technologies, and the discovery that they connect plants in underground networks, the 'Wood Wide Web', is transforming the way we understand ecosystems. Yet over ninety percent of their species remain undocumented. Entangled Life is a mind-altering journey into a spectacular and neglected world, and shows that fungi provide a key to understanding both the planet on which we live, and life itself. 'One of those rare books that can truly change the way you see the world around you. Astounding' Helen MacDonald, author of H Is for Hawk 'Reads like an adventure story ... wondrous ... beguilingly weaves together lived experience and scientific research' Sunday Times 'An astonishing book that could alter our perceptions of fungi for ever. It seems somehow to tip the natural world upside down' Observer 'After this book, nothing will seem the same again ... beautifully written and illustrated ... dazzling ... reveals a world that's both more extraordinary and more delicate than could be imagined' Daily Mail 'The lives of fungi alone are fascinating, but the questions and wider implications that Sheldrake teases out from them are often truly astounding ... an engrossing, captivating journey' Spectator 'Brilliant ... entrancing ... when we look closely at fungi , we meet large, unsettling questions ... Merlin Sheldrake ... carries us easily into these questions with ebullience and precision ... challenging some of our deepest assumptions' Guardian 'Mind-boggling... Sheldrake is nothing if not a participatory researcher into his subject and one with a winning sense of humour ... It's tempting ... to see fungi as the biological model for a better world' Telegraph*****

About the Author :
Merlin Sheldrake is a biologist and a writer. He received a Ph.D. in Tropical Ecology from Cambridge University for his work on underground fungal networks in tropical forests in Panama, where he was a predoctoral research fellow of the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute. He is a musician and keen fermenter. Entangled Life is his first book. www.merlinsheldrake.com Find Merlin on Twitter @MerlinSheldrake And on Instagram @merlin.sheldrake

Review :
Astonishing... It seems somehow to tip the natural world upside down Riveting and surprising at every turn... A sensory as well as an intellectual pleasure A true masterpiece, a thrilling and fascinating insight into the living world... I hope and trust that it will become an instant classic A revelation... Changes the way we need to look at life, the planet and ourselves Blew my mind... Essential reading. Go and get swept up in a new world Wondrous... Humans should consider fungi among the greatest of earth's marvels Wonderful... Eye-opening... A journey into an untapped world Truly astounding... An engrossing, captivating journey... Perspective-altering One of those rare books that can truly change the way you see the world around you, Entangled Life is a mercurial, revelatory, impassioned, urgent, astounding, and necessary read. It’s fearless in scope, analytically astute, and brimming with infectious joy Few books blew my mind like Merlin Sheldrake's Entangled Life. The research, passion, writing, insights ... Not sure if I've ever learned so much from ONE book. Here is to another scientist who celebrates imagination. Essential reading. Go and get swept up in a new world A true masterpiece, a thrilling and fascinating insight into the living world, beautifully written, entertaining, funny and inspiring, while representing the science carefully and responsibly. I hope and trust that it will become an instant classic I fell in love with this book. Merlin is a scientist with the imagination of a poet and a beautiful writer ... This is a book that, by virtue of the power of its writing, shifts your sense of the human ... It will inspire a generation to enter mycology A dazzling, vibrant, vision-changing book. Sentence after sentence stopped me short. I ended it wonderstruck at the fungal world – the secrets of which modern science is only now beginning to fathom – and the earth-shaking, hierarchy-breaking implications of Sheldrake's argument. A remarkable work by a remarkable writer Wondrous ... an astonishing book that could alter our perceptions of fungi for ever. It seems somehow to tip the natural world upside down Reads like an adventure story ... wondrous ... beguilingly weaves together lived experience and scientific research After this book, nothing will seem the same again ... beautifully written and illustrated ... dazzling ... reveals a world that's both more extraordinary and more delicate than could be imagined The lives of fungi alone are fascinating, but the questions and wider implications that Sheldrake teases out from them are often truly astounding ... an engrossing, captivating journey ... rigorous, comprehensive, perspective-altering ... if this book is any indication, [Sheldrake] has an exciting career in not only science but also literature ahead of him Entangled Life is gorgeous! Enjoying it very much! Despair of the future of life on earth? Never mind, there will be fungus among us. One way or another Brilliant ... entrancing ... when we look closely [at fungi], we meet large, unsettling questions ... Merlin Sheldrake ... carries us easily into these questions with ebullience and precision ... challenging some of our deepest assumptions ... A 'door-opener' book is one with a specialist subject in which it finds pathways leading everywhere ... Sheldrake's book is a very fine example Mind-boggling... [Sheldrake] is nothing if not a participatory researcher into his subject and one with a winning sense of humour... it might be a good time to give thanks for this humble lifeform's effect on our lives... It's tempting... to see fungi as the biological model for a better world


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781847925190
  • Publisher: Vintage Publishing
  • Publisher Imprint: The Bodley Head Ltd
  • Height: 240 mm
  • No of Pages: 368
  • Sub Title: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds and Shape Our Futures
  • Width: 162 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1847925197
  • Publisher Date: 03 Sep 2020
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Language: English
  • Spine Width: 162 mm
  • Weight: 724 gr


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