Brilliant green : the surprising history and science of plant intelligence /

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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...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Authors: Mancuso, Stefano (Author), Viola, Alessandra (Author)
Other Authors: Benham, Joan (Translator) (Translator), Pollan, Michael (writer of foreword.)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Italiano
Published: Washington, DC : Island Press, [2015]
Edition:English edition.
Subjects:
Plant physiology > Popular works.
Plants > Popular works.
Plants > Psychic aspects > Popular works.
Plants > History.
Plants > Analysis > Forms.
Physiologie végétale > Ouvrages de vulgarisation.
Plantes > Aspect psychique > Ouvrages de vulgarisation.
Plants
Plants > Analysis
Plants > Psychic aspects
Plant physiology
Blank forms
History
Popular works
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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