Nature's Genius is a superb book: subtle, sharp-eyed and fascinating. Here, everyday beings and objects - dogs, buildings, spiders, clocks - are lit anew; thrown into surprising configurations and relationships. Damage and disorder are faced with clear eyes, but hope is also found in unexpected places. A tight, shimmering web of words -- ROBERT MACFARLANE A fascinating, boundary-breaking, shape-shifting chimera of a book that shows how we might evolve to solve the problems we have caused our planet. Brilliantly written, surprising, inspiring and, ultimately, hopeful -- ISABELLA TREE A book of hope and wonder. I learned something new and thought-provoking, even inspiring, on every page -- CAL FLYN A wonderful exploration of nature's unrivalled ability to adapt to changing environments, and what we might belatedly learn from these interconnected ecosystems that we're also a part of as we navigate a more perilous Anthropocene. Full of fascinating details and insightful observations about the richly diverse behaviours and interactions of the world's extraordinary creatures -- GAIA VINCE We are negligent: the natural world is vigilant. We spawn ugliness: the wild responds with beauty. Farrier's exhilarating, splendidly written account of nature's care for itself and us will help you sleep at night -- CHARLES FOSTER Persuasive and impassioned . . . Farrier's achievement is to make change feel not just possible but also exciting * * Literary Review * * Wise, eloquent and often very moving, Nature's Genius is a hymn to the power of possibility embedded in both the natural world and ourselves. -- JAMES BRADLEY Nature's Genus is a wide-ranging work of energy, sensitivity and subtle intelligence that offers glimpses of genuine possibility and hope -- CASPAR HENDERSON David Farrier argues that one day we will not only understand ecologies, but will be able to assemble them -- SIMON INGS * * New Scientist, 'Best Popular Science Books to Look for in 2025' * * Praise for Footprints: 'A haunting study of the fossils that twenty-first-century life will leave behind * * Times Literary Supplement * *
