Merlin Sheldrake
Merlin Sheldrake is a biologist and a writer. He received a Ph.D. in Tropical Ecology from Cambridge University for his work on underground fungal networks in tropical forests in Panama, where he was a predoctoral research fellow of the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute. He is a research associate of the Vrije University, Amsterdam, and sits on the advisory board of the Fungi Foundation and the Society for the Protection of Underground Networks. Winner of the Royal Society Science Book Prize and the Wainwright Prize, and named a Book of the Year in The Times, Daily Telegraph, Sunday Times, New Statesman and Time, among others, his first book Entangled Life has been translated into thirty languages since its publication. It has now been reissued in a brand new illustrated edition, with over 100 spectacular full-colour images showcasing this wondrous lifeform as never before.
Videos
How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures | Merlin Sheldrake | 5x15
Past Events
Merlin Sheldrake, Live at Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
The acclaimed biologist and writer Merlin Sheldrake, author of the bestselling Entangled Life, joins 5x15 at Kew Gardens in September, in conversation with Arit Anderson.
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Multi-award-winning writer and biologist Merlin Sheldrake takes us on a mind-altering journey into the spectacular world of fungi.
5x15 with an outstanding line up of thinkers, scientists and writers exploring the power of the imagination, nature, art and science.
