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Brilliant green : the surprising history and science of plant intelligence /
In this book, a leading plant scientist offers a new understanding of the botanical world and a passionate argument for intelligent plant life. Are plants intelligent? Can they solve problems, communicate, and navigate their surroundings? For centuries, philosophers and scientists have argued that p...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Autores principales: | , |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés Italiano |
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Washington, DC :
Island Press,
[2015]
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| Edición: | English edition. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- The root of the problem. Plants and the great monotheistic religions ; The plant world according to writers and philosophers ; The fathers of botany: Linnaeus and Darwin ; Humans are the most evolved beings on the planet. Or are they? ; Plants: always second fiddle
- The plant: a stranger. Euglena versus paramecium: an even match? ; Five hundred million years ago ; A plant is a colony ; A problem of tempos ; Life without plants: impossible
- The senses of plants. Sight ; Smell ; Taste ; Touch ; Hearing ;
- and fifteen other senses!
- Communication in plants. Communication inside the plant ; Communication between plants ; Communication between plants and animals
- Plant intelligence. Can we speak of "plant intelligence?" ; What can we learn from artificial intelligence? ; Intelligence unites, it doesn't divide ; Charles Darwin and the intelligence of plants ; The intelligent plant ; Each plant is a living Internet network ; A swarm of roots ; The aliens are here (Plant intelligence as a model for understanding extraterrestrial intelligence) ; Plants' sleep.