Reddit reviews The Wild Trees: A Story of Passion and Daring
We found 3 Reddit comments about The Wild Trees: A Story of Passion and Daring. Here are the top ones, ranked by their Reddit score.
We found 3 Reddit comments about The Wild Trees: A Story of Passion and Daring. Here are the top ones, ranked by their Reddit score.
I read an awesome book by Richard Preston that got me interested in Redwoods and the type of person that would risk their life by climbing them called The Wild Trees. There are whole stands of these giants that they discovered within Redwood National Park that dwarf the easily accessible famous examples such as General Sherman. Seeing as how you have to hike over and around their fallen comrades with trunk diameters of up to 30 feet it's nearly impossible to get to them. These guys would spend the night suspended high up in their crowns while all around them widowmakers would break off in the wind. Just thought I'd recommend this book to you guys if you find this stuff interesting.
The wild trees
This book really drew me in and now I have this nagging yen to see the redwoods.
I find that science history and biography gives a good understanding of scientific methods, and when written for the lay-person, doesn't get so bogged down in technical jargon.
Here are a few of my favorites:
(Also check out his biographies of Isaac Newton and Richard Feynman)
And here are a few on my to read list:
I hope that helps.