A lifestyle guide where plants take the lead instead of sitting in the background.
Tag - plant intelligence
Nigel Chaffey
What a plant learns. The curious case of Mimosa pudica.
Can a plant learn? Drawing on recent and forthcoming research, Monica Gagliano and Michael Marder suggest that we should be rethinking what intelligence is.
Monica Gagliano
What is the true language of plants?
The Language of Plants: Science, Philosophy, Literature, by Monica Gagliano, John C. Ryan and Patrícia Vieira (Editors), 2017. University of Minnesota Press. Monica Gagliano et al’s “The Language of Plants” [hereafter...
Brilliant Green by Stefano Mancuso and Alessandra Viola
Do plants possess intelligence? If you're looking for a challenging book for your non-botanist friends, then Mancuso and Viola have something to interest you.
Alun Salt
Visionary plants
A recent spate of books – e.g. Daniel Chamovitz’s “What a plant knows”, Richard Karban’s “Plant Sensing & Communication”, and “Brilliant Green” by Stefano Mancuso and Alessandra Viola – have opened up our...
Altruistic plants?
There’s been a thoughtfulness* of books recently that reflect on aspects of plant intelligence – e.g. Daniel Chamovitz’s What a Plant Knows, Anthony Trewavas’ Plant Behaviour & Intelligence, Richard Karban’s Plant...
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Plant Behaviour & Intelligence. Anthony Trewavas. Oxford University Press, 2014 Man is arguably happiest when the ‘natural’ order of all things is maintained and where his own dominion over the natural world...
Warning: Aposematism Alert!
Kazuo Yamazaki and Simcha Lev-Yadun suggest reflect that the production of white trichomes by some plants might mimic arthropod silk.
