Can a plant learn? Drawing on recent and forthcoming research, Monica Gagliano and Michael Marder suggest that we should be rethinking what intelligence is.
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...
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.
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...
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...
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...