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This Book is a digest of a quarter century of tree at the Karlsruher Research Center (now KIT), promotes understanding of the body language of trees, explains defect symptoms, their failure and their sorrows, shows fungal fruit bodies as witnesses in court, discloses universal forms in animate and inanimate nature, saves people from trees and trees from people. The method of tree inspection described in this book is based on observation of nature and on folk mechanics verified by computerized methods and field studies. It is the basis of many court decisions and is used all over the world. This book is a handshake of science with friends of trees.
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The Body Language of Trees by Prof. Claus Mattheck (2015-01-01)
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Karlsruher Institut für Technologie, 2015
ISBN 10: 3923704895
ISBN 13: 9783923704897
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Hardcover. Condition: New. IV page introduction, 548 pages, Although borrowing part of the title from the earlier edition, and essentially applying the same principles and style as other books by Mattheck, the author sees this as a new work. It updates and revises the earlier book, summarising results from tree research carried out at the Karlsruhe Research Centre (now KIT) over the last 25 years. To paraphrase Claus's own words, .it aims to promote deeper understanding of the body language of trees. The method of tree inspection described has been verified by computerized methods and field studies. It is the basis of many court decisions and is used all over the world. The book is in full colour throughout with a mixture of photographs and coloured diagrams and is over 500 pages long. Drawings and text are by Claus in co-operation with Klaus Bethge and Karlheinz Weber. This English language version has been translated from the Gerrman by Ralf Friese. One quarter of the book comprises a section on wood decay fungi. An index and bibliography are provided. Seller Inventory # MATBOD
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