Brilliant Green: The Surprising History and Science of Plant Intelligence - Couverture rigide

Mancuso, Stefano; Viola, Alessandra

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1610916034 ISBN 13 : 9781610916035

Editeur : Island Press, 2015

A propos du livre

Revue de presse :

Brilliant Green... [is a] timely, highly accessible summar[y] of fast-developing fields... Combine[s] a passion for plants and a desire to illustrate their largely unsung complexities with an appreciation of the burden of proof needed to persuade us of a world that contains chlorophyllic sentience. - New Scientist

A brilliant fusion of historical and modern research, Brilliant Green is a quirky little book can be quickly read, yet it is captivating and eye-opening, and will make you stop and think. The authors fervor and wit jolt the reader out apathetic anthropocentrism and we awaken in the fascinating world of plant intelligence. - The Guardian's GrrlScientist

Mancuso may be provocative, but he s not alone and he hasn t been for a long time. - --The Washington Post

[Brilliant Green] is, like the best science, the product of a powerful imagination, one with the ability to see the world from a completely fresh and unencumbered point of view and to communicate that perspective to the rest of us. So put aside for a couple of hours your accustomed anthropocentrism, and step into this other, richer and more wonderful world. You won t regret it, and you won t emerge from it ever quite the same again. --From the foreword by Michael Pollan, author of The Omnivore's Dilemma, The Botany of Desire, and other books

Présentation de l'éditeur :

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 plants are unthinking and inert, yet discoveries over the past fifty years have challenged this idea, shedding new light on the complex interior lives of plants. In Brilliant Green, leading scientist Stefano Mancuso presents a new paradigm in our understanding of the vegetal world. He argues that plants process information, sleep, remember, and signal to one another-showing that, far from passive machines, plants are intelligent and aware. Part botany lesson, part manifesto, Brilliant Green is an engaging and passionate examination of the inner workings of the plant kingdom.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Island Press
• Date d'édition: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1610916034
• ISBN 13: 9781610916035
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 192