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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Mancuso Stefano
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| Titolo: |
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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| Pubblicazione: | Washington, District of Columbia ; ; Covelo, California ; ; London, [England] : , : Island Press, , 2015 |
| ©2015 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (190 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 580 |
| Soggetto topico: | Plants - History |
| Plants - Analysis | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Persona (resp. second.): | ViolaAlessandra |
| BenhamJoan | |
| PollanMichael | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di contenuto: | ""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"" | |
| ""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""; ""Conclusion""; ""Notes""; ""Board of Directors"" | |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Brilliant green |
| ISBN: | 1-61091-604-2 |
| 9781610916042 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910459918103321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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