What a Plant Knows: A Field Guide to the Senses of Your Garden - and Beyond - Brossura

Chamovitz, Daniel

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ISBN 10: 1851689109 ISBN 13: 9781851689101

Casa editrice: Oneworld Publications, 2012

Riassunto

How does a Venus flytrap know when to snap shut? Can an orchid get jet lag? Does a tomato plant feel pain when you pluck a fruit from its vines? And does your favourite fern care whether you play Bach or the Beatles? Combining cutting-edge research with lively storytelling, biologist Daniel Chamovitz explores how plants experience our shared Earth – through sight, smell, touch, hearing, memory, and even awareness. Whether you are a green thumb, a science buff, a vegetarian, or simply a nature lover, this rare inside look at the life of plants will surprise and delight.

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"What a Plant Knows is lively, eloquent, scientifically accurate, and easy-to-read ... I commend this engaging text to all who wonder about life on Earth, and seek a compelling introduction to the lives of plants revealed through centuries of careful scientific experimentation." --Professor Stephen D. Hopper, Director, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

"Chamovitz walks the Homo sapiens reader right into the shoes -- or I should say roots -- of the plant world. After reading this book you will never again walk innocently past a plant or reach insensitively for a leaf. You will marvel and be haunted by a plant's sensory attributes and the shared genes between the plant and animal kingdoms." --Elisabeth Tova Bailey, author of The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating

"Just like us, a plant that aspires to win the rat race must exploit its environment. Even a daffodil can detect when you're standing in its light, and a rhododendron knows when you're savaging its neighbour with the pruning shears. With deftness and clarity, Chamovitz introduces plants' equivalents of our senses, plus floral forms of memory and orientation. When you realize how much plants know, you may think twice before you bite them!" --Hannah Holmes, author of Suburban Safari

"Just as his groundbreaking research uncovered connections between the plant and animal kingdoms, Daniel Chamovitz's insights in What a Plant Knows transcend the world of plants. You'll see plants in a new light after reading this book." --Gloria Coruzzi, Professor of Biology, New York University

"A fascinating book that explores accessibly the evidence that plants share more properties with animals than most people appreciate. It may come as a relief to vegetarians to learn that plants do not feel pain or suffer, in the human sense, when harvested. Nevertheless, after reading What a Plant Knows, we wanted to apologize to our daffodils for the times when our shadows have shielded them from the Sun." --John and Mary Gribbin, authors of The Flower Hunters

L'autore

Daniel Chamovitz is Director of the Manna Centre for Plant Biosciences at Tel Aviv University in Israel. His career has been marked by groundbreaking discoveries in the biology of plants, with his research published in the leading journals. This is his first book.

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: Oneworld Publications
• Data di pubblicazione: 2012
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1851689109
• ISBN 13: 9781851689101
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 256
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile