Entangled Life

The million-copy bestseller that will transform your understanding of our planet and life itself. 'Astonishing ... it seems somehow to tip the natural world upside down' Observer 'Completely mind-blowing ... reads like an adventure story' Sunday Times *WINNER OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY BOOK PRIZE 2021* *WINNER OF THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE FOR CONSERVATION WRITING 2021* The more we learn about fungi, the less makes sense without them. They can change our minds, heal our bodies and even help us avoid environmental disaster; they are metabolic masters, earth-makers and key players in most of nature's processes. In Entangled Life , Merlin Sheldrake takes us on a mind-altering journey into their spectacular world, and reveals how these extraordinary organisms transform our understanding of our planet and life itself. 'Dazzling, vibrant, vision-changing' Robert Macfarlane 'Urgent, astounding and necessary' Helen Macdonald ' Gorgeous!' Margaret Atwood (on Twitter) 'Wonderful' Nigella Lawson 'This book is like one surprise after another' David Byrne 'Uplifting' Jeanette Winterson *SHORTLISTED FOR THE RATHBONES FOLIO PRIZE 2021* *SHORTLISTED FOR THE BRITISH BOOK AWARDS BOOK OF THE YEAR 2021* * A Sunday Times , Daily Telegraph , New Statesman , The Times , Evening Standard , Mail on Sunday , BBC Science Focus and Time Book of the Year *

The million-copy bestseller that will transform your understanding of our planet and life itself. 'Astonishing ... it seems somehow to tip the natural world upside down' Observer 'Completely mind-blowing ... reads like an adventure story' Sunday Times *WINNER OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY BOOK PRIZE 2021* *WINNER OF THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE FOR CONSERVATION WRITING 2021* The more we learn about fungi, the less makes sense without them. They can change our minds, heal our bodies and even help us avoid environmental disaster; they are metabolic masters, earth-makers and key players in most of nature's processes. In Entangled Life , Merlin Sheldrake takes us on a mind-altering journey into their spectacular world, and reveals how these extraordinary organisms transform our understanding of our planet and life itself. 'Dazzling, vibrant, vision-changing' Robert Macfarlane 'Urgent, astounding and necessary' Helen Macdonald ' Gorgeous!' Margaret Atwood (on Twitter) 'Wonderful' Nigella Lawson 'This book is like one surprise after another' David Byrne 'Uplifting' Jeanette Winterson *SHORTLISTED FOR THE RATHBONES FOLIO PRIZE 2021* *SHORTLISTED FOR THE BRITISH BOOK AWARDS BOOK OF THE YEAR 2021* * A Sunday Times , Daily Telegraph , New Statesman , The Times , Evening Standard , Mail on Sunday , BBC Science Focus and Time Book of the Year *

THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER WITH OVER ONE MILLION COPIES SOLD WORLDWIDE A "brilliant [and] entrancing" ( The Guardian ) journey into the hidden lives of fungi--the great connectors of the living world--and their astonishing and intimate roles in human life, with the power to heal our bodies, expand our minds, and help us address our most urgent environmental problems. "Grand and dizzying in how thoroughly it recalibrates our understanding of the natural world."--Ed Yong, author of An Immense World ONE OF PEOPLE 'S BEST BOOKS OF THE 2020S - ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: Time, BBC Science Focus, The Daily Mail, Geographical, The Times, The Telegraph, New Statesman, London Evening Standard, Science Friday When we think of fungi, we likely think of mushrooms. But mushrooms are only fruiting bodies, analogous to apples on a tree. Most fungi live out of sight, yet make up a massively diverse kingdom of organisms that supports and sustains nearly all living systems. Fungi provide a key to understanding the planet on which we live, and the ways we think, feel, and behave. In the first edition of this mind-bending book, Sheldrake introduced us to this mysterious but massively diverse kingdom of life. This exquisitely designed volume, abridged from the original, features more than one hundred full-color images that bring the spectacular variety, strangeness, and beauty of fungi to life as never before. Fungi throw our concepts of individuality and even intelligence into question. They are metabolic masters, earth makers, and key players in most of life's processes. They can change our minds, heal our bodies, and even help us remediate environmental disaster. By examining fungi on their own terms, Sheldrake reveals how these extraordinary organisms--and our relationships with them--are changing our understanding of how life works. Winner of the Wainwright Prize, the Royal Society Science Book Prize, and the Guild of Food Writers Award - Shortlisted for the British Book Award - Longlisted for the Rathbones Folio Prize

THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER WITH OVER ONE MILLION COPIES SOLD WORLDWIDE A "brilliant [and] entrancing" ( The Guardian ) journey into the hidden lives of fungi--the great connectors of the living world--and their astonishing and intimate roles in human life, with the power to heal our bodies, expand our minds, and help us address our most urgent environmental problems. "Grand and dizzying in how thoroughly it recalibrates our understanding of the natural world."--Ed Yong, author of An Immense World ONE OF PEOPLE 'S BEST BOOKS OF THE 2020S - ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: Time, BBC Science Focus, The Daily Mail, Geographical, The Times, The Telegraph, New Statesman, London Evening Standard, Science Friday When we think of fungi, we likely think of mushrooms. But mushrooms are only fruiting bodies, analogous to apples on a tree. Most fungi live out of sight, yet make up a massively diverse kingdom of organisms that supports and sustains nearly all living systems. Fungi provide a key to understanding the planet on which we live, and the ways we think, feel, and behave. In the first edition of this mind-bending book, Sheldrake introduced us to this mysterious but massively diverse kingdom of life. This exquisitely designed volume, abridged from the original, features more than one hundred full-color images that bring the spectacular variety, strangeness, and beauty of fungi to life as never before. Fungi throw our concepts of individuality and even intelligence into question. They are metabolic masters, earth makers, and key players in most of life's processes. They can change our minds, heal our bodies, and even help us remediate environmental disaster. By examining fungi on their own terms, Sheldrake reveals how these extraordinary organisms--and our relationships with them--are changing our understanding of how life works. Winner of the Wainwright Prize, the Royal Society Science Book Prize, and the Guild of Food Writers Award - Shortlisted for the British Book Award - Longlisted for the Rathbones Folio Prize

I bogen "Entangled Life" tager Merlin Sheldrake dig med på en tankevækkende rejse ind i svampens skjulte verden - en rejse, som vil ændre din forståelse af liv på Jorden. Når vi tænker på svampe, tænker vi ofte på de synlige paddehatte. De fleste svampe lever dog et skjult liv, og vi lægger derfor typisk ikke mærke til dem. Alligevel udgør de et massivt og mangfoldigt rige af organismer, som er med til at opretholde næsten alt liv. Det er nemlig svampe, der skaber den jord som planterne vokser i, og de spiller også en central rolle i menneskets liv i form af f.eks. gæringsprocesser og udvikling af moderne medicin. Merlin Sheldrake udforsker svampens utrolige rige i "Entangled Life" gennem videnskabens seneste opdagelser og fremhæver undervejs de fundamentale spørgsmål som svampe stiller omkring liv, intelligens og identitet.

I bogen "Entangled Life" tager Merlin Sheldrake dig med på en tankevækkende rejse ind i svampens skjulte verden - en rejse, som vil ændre din forståelse af liv på Jorden. Når vi tænker på svampe, tænker vi ofte på de synlige paddehatte. De fleste svampe lever dog et skjult liv, og vi lægger derfor typisk ikke mærke til dem. Alligevel udgør de et massivt og mangfoldigt rige af organismer, som er med til at opretholde næsten alt liv. Det er nemlig svampe, der skaber den jord som planterne vokser i, og de spiller også en central rolle i menneskets liv i form af f.eks. gæringsprocesser og udvikling af moderne medicin. Merlin Sheldrake udforsker svampens utrolige rige i "Entangled Life" gennem videnskabens seneste opdagelser og fremhæver undervejs de fundamentale spørgsmål som svampe stiller omkring liv, intelligens og identitet.