Stock image for illustration purposes only - book cover, edition or condition may vary.
Description for Trees
Paperback. Offers an understanding of the body language of trees which optimize their mechanical design by adaptive growth, and react with self-repair mechanisms to loads disturbing their optimum mechanical state. The rules of constant stresses and external load in the formation of trees are explained. Num Pages: 133 pages, 118 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PSTD; TVR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 7. Weight in Grams: 220.
The beauty of a knotty oak tree is different from that of a lovely flower. It is the rough beauty of an old soldier's face showing the traces of wind and sun, of harm and of victory, bearing the scars of bygone battles. It is different from the fragile, delicate beauty of a young girl which is evident to anyone at first sight. The beauty of an old and crippled tree is hidden unless perceived by the alert eye which is able to fancy or rather discern the hard trials of life the tree has ex perienced. Contemplating trees in ... Read more
The beauty of a knotty oak tree is different from that of a lovely flower. It is the rough beauty of an old soldier's face showing the traces of wind and sun, of harm and of victory, bearing the scars of bygone battles. It is different from the fragile, delicate beauty of a young girl which is evident to anyone at first sight. The beauty of an old and crippled tree is hidden unless perceived by the alert eye which is able to fancy or rather discern the hard trials of life the tree has ex perienced. Contemplating trees in ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
Number of pages
133
Condition
New
Number of Pages
121
Place of Publication
Berlin, Germany
ISBN
9783540542766
SKU
V9783540542766
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15
Reviews for Trees