How Nature Keeps Time

Zusatztext A beautifully designed hardback. Informationen zum Autor Helen Pilcher Klappentext An accessible and thought-provoking introduction to timespans in the natural world, featuring more than 80 beautifully designed diagrams and charts. Which organisms live the longest? How does the natural world recover from wildfires? How long do eggs take to hatch? What are the world's fastest- and slowest- growing plants? Which species invest the most in parental care?The graphic number line is a potent pattern that explains much of our world, from the life cycle of immortal jellyfish to the perfect amount of time for a 'good sleep'. Beautifully illustrated with reader-friendly infographics and stunning colour photography , How Nature Keeps Time visually maps the amounts of time bounded by growth, distance, age, reproduction, sleep, death and other key behaviours. Join science and comedy writer Helen Pilcher as she examines a broad range of species from across the world and throughout time. As our natural world draws our attention to its plight, this fascinating book offers a calm, clear-thinking series of visual explanations based on the ultimate objective measure - time. Vorwort An accessible and thought-provoking introduction to timespans in the natural world, featuring more than 80 beautifully designed diagrams. Zusammenfassung An accessible and thought-provoking introduction to timespans in the natural world, featuring more than 80 beautifully designed diagrams and charts. Which organisms live the longest? How does the natural world recover from wildfires? How long do eggs take to hatch? What are the world's fastest- and slowest- growing plants? Which species invest the most in parental care?The graphic number line is a potent pattern that explains much of our world, from the life cycle of immortal jellyfish to the perfect amount of time for a 'good sleep'. Beautifully illustrated with reader-friendly infographics and stunning colour photography , How Nature Keeps Time visually maps the amounts of time bounded by growth, distance, age, reproduction, sleep, death and other key behaviours. Join science and comedy writer Helen Pilcher as she examines a broad range of species from across the world and throughout time. As our natural world draws our attention to its plight, this fascinating book offers a calm, clear-thinking series of visual explanations based on the ultimate objective measure - time. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Chapter One: Evolutionary SpansChapter Two: Ecological SpansChapter Three: Life SpansChapter Four: Growth SpansChapter Five: Behavioural SpansChapter Six: Biological Spans Further ReadingIndexImage Credits...

A beautifully designed hardback.

Préface
An accessible and thought-provoking introduction to timespans in the natural world, featuring more than 80 beautifully designed diagrams.

Auteur
Helen Pilcher is a science and comedy writer with a PhD in Stem Cell Biology and years of stand-up comedy under her belt. She has worked as a freelance writer for the last 12 years, writing for the Guardian, New Scientist, the BBC, BBC Wildlife and Nature, where she was formerly a reporter. Helen's previous books include Life Changing, which was shortlisted for the Wainwright Prize for Global Conservation, Bring Back the King and The Pocket Book of Garden Experiments. @HelenPilcher1

Contenu
Introduction Chapter One: Evolutionary Spans Chapter Two: Ecological Spans Chapter Three: Life Spans Chapter Four: Growth Spans Chapter Five: Behavioural Spans Chapter Six: Biological Spans Further Reading Index Image Credits