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Wood - The Internal Optimization of Trees

Claus Mattheck
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      Here are two physicists looking over the fence of physics, getting thrilled by the life and growth of trees, taking an altogether different, exciting view of wood: trees produce wood for their own benefit. They do not live for the benefit of man who builds his world using wood as a raw material. Timber is revealed in a different light, and the reader is taught to stop thinking of it in terms of defective beams and boards. Wood only fails as a part of the living tree. To us, the tree and wood biologists, this new definition is a real, inspiring challenge, which is just what Kubler and Mattheck intended it to be. Their answers may seem too simple or little logical to some of us; but the authors are not at a loss for sound and solid arguments. Their field studies prove the incredible, their hypotheses makes us want to get to the bottom of the un­ proven unbelievable. The authors' answers and arguments are bold and cour­ ageous. They arouse our curiosity and force us to fathom the facts. It seems as if Kubler and Mattheck wanted to trick us into believing that trees only live and react following mechanical rules and strategies. To tell the truth, that was what I first suspected the authors of: but I was wrong.
      Format: Paperback / softback CONTRIBUTORS: Claus Mattheck EAN: 9783540620198 COUNTRY: Germany PAGES: WEIGHT: 230 g HEIGHT: 235 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG DATE PUBLISHED: 1997-01-30 CITY: GENRE: SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Biophysics, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Botany, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Agriculture / General, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Agriculture / Forestry WIDTH: 155 cm SPINE:

      Book Themes:

      Biophysics, Ecological science, the Biosphere, Botany and plant sciences, Agricultural science, Forestry and silviculture

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      Here are two physicists looking over the fence of physics, getting thrilled by the life and growth of trees, taking an altogether different, exciting view of wood: trees produce wood for their own benefit. They do not live for the benefit of man who builds his world using wood as a raw material. Timber is revealed in a different light, and the reader is taught to stop thinking of it in terms of defective beams and boards. Wood only fails as a part of the living tree. To us, the tree and wood biologists, this new definition is a real, inspiring challenge, which is just what Kubler and Mattheck intended it to be. Their answers may seem too simple or little logical to some of us; but the authors are not at a loss for sound and solid arguments. Their field studies prove the incredible, their hypotheses makes us want to get to the bottom of the un­ proven unbelievable. The authors' answers and arguments are bold and cour­ ageous. They arouse our curiosity and force us to fathom the facts. It seems as if Kubler and Mattheck wanted to trick us into believing that trees only live and react following mechanical rules and strategies. To tell the truth, that was what I first suspected the authors of: but I was wrong.
      Format: Paperback / softback CONTRIBUTORS: Claus Mattheck EAN: 9783540620198 COUNTRY: Germany PAGES: WEIGHT: 230 g HEIGHT: 235 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG DATE PUBLISHED: 1997-01-30 CITY: GENRE: SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Biophysics, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Botany, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Agriculture / General, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Agriculture / Forestry WIDTH: 155 cm SPINE:

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      Biophysics, Ecological science, the Biosphere, Botany and plant sciences, Agricultural science, Forestry and silviculture

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