9781565124684
The Earth Moved: On The Remarkable Achievements Of Earthworms
Amy Stewart
ISBN 13: 9781565124684
Publisher: Algonquin Books
Publication Date: 2005
Binding: Softcover
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The author of From the Ground Up introduces the earthworm, looking at its impact on the ecosystem and its amazing abilities to plough soil, fight plant diseases, and absorb dangerous pollutants. Reprint.
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Book Description: Algonquin Books (division of Workman), United States, 2012. Paperback. Book Condition: New. Reprint. 203 x 136 mm. Brand New Book with Free Worldwide Delivery. In the tradition of the bestselling book "The Botany of Desire" comes this fascinating exploration of the world underground and one of its most amazing denizens. The earthworm may be small, spineless, and blind, but its role in the ecosystem is profound. It tills the soil, destroys microscopic organisms that cause plant disease, breaks down toxins, and turns soil into rich compost, creating the most fertile areas on earth. In her witty and offbeat style, Amy Stewart shows just how much depends on the humble worm. The august Charles Darwin devoted his last years to the meticulous study of these creatures, admiring their remarkable achievements. It may be doubted whether there are many other animals which have played so important a part in the history of the world, as have these lowly organized creatures, he declared. With Darwin as her inspiration, Stewart weaves her own backyard investigations with those of the obsessed oligochaetologists, unearthing the complex life that exists beneath our feet. Bookseller Inventory # AA99781565124684 Bookseller & Payment Information | More Books from this Seller | Ask Bookseller a Question |
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Book Description: Algonquin. 1 Paperback(s), 2005. soft. Book Condition: New. In a witty, offbeat style, Amy Stewart takes us on a subterranean adventure and introduces us to our planet's most important groundskeeper, the humble earthworm. It's true that the earthworm is small, spineless, and blind, but its effect on the ecosystem is profound, moving Charles Darwin to devote his last years to studying its remarkable attributes and achievements. With the august scientist as her inspiration, Stewart investigates the earthworm's astonishing realm, talks to oligochaetologists who have devoted their lives to unearthing the complex web of life beneath our feet, and observes the thousands of worms in her own garden. "Stewart's book paddles along in [Rachel] Carson's wake. Read her book and you'll start to see how the rhododendron bed in front of your house is a kind of Mars for frontier science."—Boston Globe"You know a book is good when you actually welcome one of those howling days of wind and sleet that makes going out next to impossible."—NYTimes"Even Charles Darwin found the lowly earthworm fascinating: all their tiny individual labors in tilling the soil and nourishing it with their droppings add up over time to a massive collective impact on the landscape. In this absorbing, if occasionally gross, treatise, gardening journalist Stewart delves into their dank subterranean world, detailing their problem-solving skills, sex lives (Darwin noted their 'sexual passion') and shocking ability to re-grow a whole body from a severed segment (scientists have even sutured together parts of three different earthworms into a single Frankenworm). Intriguing in their own right, earthworms stand at the fulcrum of the balance of nature. In the wrong place, they can devastate forests, but in the right place, they boost farm yields, suppress pests and plant diseases, detoxify polluted soils and process raw sewage into inoffensive fertilizer; indeed, humanity's first great civilizations may have risen on the backs of earthworms, say some of the creature's most fervent champions. Stewart writes in a charming, meditative but scientifically grounded style that is informed by her personal relationship with the worms in her compost bin. In her telling, worms become metaphors—for the English working class, for the process of scientific rumination, for the redemption of death and decay by life and fertility—and serve as a touchstone for exploring the ecological view of things."—Publishers Weekly 221. Bookseller Inventory # 29111 Bookseller & Payment Information | More Books from this Seller | Ask Bookseller a Question |
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