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What a plant knows : a field guide to the senses / Daniel Chamovitz.

by Chamovitz, Daniel, 1963-

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Scientific American, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, c2017.

571.2 C448w 2017

Plant physiology.

Senses and sensation.

9780374537128 (pbk.)

Updated and expanded ed., 1st revised paperback ed.

201 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-179) and index.

What a plant sees -- What a plant smells -- What a plant tastes -- What a plant feels -- What a plant hears -- How a plant knows where it is -- What a plant remembers -- Epilogue: The aware plant.

Thoroughly updated from root to leaf, this revised edition of the groundbreaking What a Plant Knows includes new revelations for lovers of all that is vegetal and verdant. The renowned biologist Daniel Chamovitz builds on the original edition to present an intriguing look at how plants themselves experience the worldfrom the colors they see to the schedules they keep, and now, what they do in fact hear and how they are able to taste. A rare inside look at what life is really like for the grass we walk on, the flowers we sniff, and the trees we climb, What a Plant Knows offers a greater understanding of their place in nature.

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