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The light eaters : how the unseen world of plant intelligence offers a new understanding of life on Earth / Cover Image Book

The light eaters : how the unseen world of plant intelligence offers a new understanding of life on Earth / Zoë Schlanger

Schlanger, Zoë, (author ).

Summary:

"A book exploring the emerging science on plant intelligence, uncovering plants' complex and unimaginable capabilities and calling into question what we consider to be conscious agents in the natural world."-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780063073852
  • ISBN: 0063073854
  • Physical Description: 290 pages ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First edition
  • Publisher: New York : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2024]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-280) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
The question of plant consciousness -- How science changes its mind -- The communicating plant -- Alive to feeling -- An ear to the ground -- The (plant) body keeps the score -- Conversations with animals -- The scientist and the chameleon vine -- The social life of plants -- Inheritance -- Plant futures.

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Subject: Plant physiology.
Plants > Psychological aspects.
Genre: Informational works.

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  • 16 of 41 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
  • 0 of 1 copy available at Brown Library System.

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  • 27 current holds with 41 total copies.
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George H. & Laura E. Brown Library 571.2 Sch (Text) 30308101349091 Adult New Nonfiction Checked out 09/12/2024