Wood—perhaps no natural material has been used longer by man, and none seems more suited to human tastes and needs. Its properties are the result of a long evolutionary history as an integral part of the earth's forests. This story describes what it is, explores how it is put together, and recounts the story of wood from its origin, giving us new insights into this familiar material all around us, as well as into the petrified wood that occurs so abundantly in the fossil record.
Distributed for the Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History
- ISBN10 0912532645
- ISBN13 9780912532646
- Publish Date 27 July 2010
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 15 August 2023
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Peabody Museum of Natural History, Yale University
- Format Paperback (US Trade)
- Pages 62
- Language English