The Time Nature Keeps: A Visual Guide to the Cycles and Time Spans of the Natural World - Hardcover

Pilcher, Helen

 
9781615199525: The Time Nature Keeps: A Visual Guide to the Cycles and Time Spans of the Natural World

Synopsis

Take a visual journey of discovery through the animal and plant kingdoms--and uncover the extraordinary rhythms of nature! Here are the answers to all kinds of curious questions, including:

  • How long do eggs take to hatch?
  • Do dogs really need more sleep than humans?
  • What are the world's fastest- and slowest-growing plants?
  • And many more!
These infographics shed light on the truly remarkable range of the natural world--how plants and animals grow and age, sleep and migrate, and reproduce and die. Spanning ideas both big and small--from evolution to animal behavior--The Time Nature Keeps is a visual trove of nature's clocks that brings the world's cadences to life before our eyes.

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About the Author

Dr. Helen Pilcher is a science writer with a PhD in cell biology. She has written for Nature, The Guardian, and New Scientist. Her book Life Changing: How Humans are Alterting Life on Earth was The Times 2020 Science Book of the Year and was short-listed for the Wainwright Prize for Writing on Global Conservation. She lives in Warwickshire, England.

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