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Brilliant green : the surprising history and science of plant intelligence
- Title
- Brilliant green : the surprising history and science of plant intelligence / Stefano Mancuso and Alessandra Viola ; translated by Joan Benham ; foreword by Michael Pollan.
- Author
- Mancuso, Stefano
- Publication
- Washington : Island Press, [2015]
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- Additional Authors
- Description
- xiii, 173 pages : illustrations; 21 cm
- Uniform Title
- Verde brillante. English
- Alternative Title
- Verde brillante.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Popular works.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-173).
- Language (note)
- Translation of: Verde brillante.
- Contents
- The root of the problem. Plants and the great monotheistic religions ; The plant world according to writers and philosophers ; The fathers of botany : Linnaeus and Darwin ; Humans are the most evolved beings on the planet. Or are they? ; Plants : always second fiddle -- The plant : a stranger. Euglena versus paramecium : an even match? ; Five hundred million years ago ; A plant is a colony ; A problem of tempos ; Life without plants : impossible -- The senses of plants. Sight ; Smell ; Taste ; Touch Hearing ; --and fifteen other senses! -- Communication in plants. Communication inside the plant ; Communication between plants ; Communication between plants and animals -- Plant intelligence. Can we speak of "plant intelligence?" ; What can we learn from artificial intelligence? ; Intelligence unites, it doesn't divide ; Charles Darwin and the intelligence of plants ; Each plant is a living Internet network ; A swarm of roots ; The aliens are here : plant intelligence as a model for understanding extraterrestrial intelligence ; Plants' sleep.
- Call Number
- JFD 17-2298
- ISBN
- 9781610916035
- 1610916034
- LCCN
- 2014956813
- OCLC
- 896601415
- Author
- Mancuso, Stefano, author.
- Title
- Brilliant green : the surprising history and science of plant intelligence / Stefano Mancuso and Alessandra Viola ; translated by Joan Benham ; foreword by Michael Pollan.
- Publisher
- Washington : Island Press, [2015]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-173).
- Language
- Translation of: Verde brillante.
- Added Author
- Viola, Alessandra, author.Benham, Joan (Translator), translator.Pollan, Michael, writer of foreword.Translation of: Mancuso, Stefano. Verde brillante.
- Research Call Number
- JFD 17-2298