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Autore |
Mancuso Stefano |
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Brilliant green : the surprising history and science of plant intelligence / / Stefano Mancuso, Alessandra Viola ; translated by Joan Benham ; foreword by Michael Pollan |
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Washington, District of Columbia ; ; Covelo, California ; ; London, [England] : , : Island Press, , 2015 |
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©2015 |
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ISBN |
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1-61091-604-2 |
9781610916042 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (190 p.) |
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Soggetti |
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Plants - History |
Plants - Analysis |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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""About Island Press""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Contents""; ""Foreword by Michael Pollan""; ""Introduction""; ""Chapter 1. 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 AreThey?""; ""Plants: Always Second Fiddle""; ""Chapter 2. 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""""Chapter 3. The Senses of Plants""; ""Sight""; ""Smell""; ""Taste""; ""Touch""; ""Hearing""; "". . . And Fifteen Other Senses!""; ""Chapter 4. Communication in Plants""; ""Communication Inside the Plant""; ""Communication Between Plants""; ""Communication Between Plants and Animals""; ""Chapter 5. 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""; ""The Intelligent Plant"" |
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