Title:
Planta sapiens : the new science of plant intelligence / Paco Calvo with Natalie Lawrence.
ISBN:
9780393881080
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Edition:
First American edition.
Publication Information:
New York, NY : W.W. Norton & Company, 2023.
©2022
Physical Description:
285 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
General Note:
First published in Great Britain in 2022 by The Bridge Street Press.
Contents:
Introduction: Putting plants to sleep -- Seeing plants anew. Plant blindness ; Seeking a plant's perspective ; Smart plant behaviour -- The science of plant intelligence. Phytonervous systems ; Do plants think? ; Ecological cognition -- Bearing fruit. What is it like to be a plant? ; Plant liberation ; Green robots -- Epilogue: The hippocampus-fattening farm.
Summary:
"Decades of research document plants' impressive abilities: they communicate with one another, manipulate other species, and move in sophisticated ways. Lesser known, however, is the new evidence that plants may actually be sentient. Although plants may not have brains, their microscopic commerce exposes a system not unlike the neuronal networks running through our own bodies. They can learn and remember, possessing an intelligence that allows them to behave in adaptive, flexible, anticipatory, and goal-directed ways"-- Provided by publisher.
Added Author:
OCLC Number:
on1371486545
Availability:
Rosemount - Robert Trail~1