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File Size: 846 KB
Print Length: 228 pages
Publisher: Scientific American / Farrar, Straus and Giroux (May 22, 2012)
Publication Date: May 22, 2012
Sold by: Macmillan
Language: English
ASIN: B0071W4X7G
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#180,697 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)
The content of the book is a marvel--I am learning a lot and being entertained in the process. The printing, unfortunately, is the most abysmal I've seen from a major publisher with many pages barely readable through the gray smears and stippling, as shown in the photo. I tried to warn the publisher but was unable to make contact. Anyway, I've decided that I can live with this inconvenience since I am unlikely to do anything more than read it once, but if it were a gift for someone or a "trophy book," I would have been forced to return it. It is not acceptable.
spoiler alert: Plants know and perceive more than people assume. They can "see" and "hear" and "remember" - but differently than humans. This book rocked my mind and I think about my garden and houseplants and the trees on my walks in a new way. The only reason I can't give it 5 stars -- despite excellent research, this book lingers on points and the writing can get long-winded for us non-scientists. I mean, if I was a biologist, perhaps it would be just right. But for the average reader, expect to have to really focus in some of the more drawn-out science-y parts. Keep your laptop handy, you might need to look up science words. I had to. Overall though, 100% work the work for the info presented!
This book contains a surprising amount of great information in just 159 pages. This would be a good gift choice to spur further interest in the field for both children and young adults. I'm not suggesting that this is by any means geared towards children, but rather the manner in which the information is presented will engage all ages.
Plants are profoundly different from animals but both share many of the same problems; they both have to survive in a somewhat hostile world, they both have to take in nourishment, expel waste and try to keep from being eaten. This fascinating little book explores the inner life of plants and how they address the Darwinian forces that surround them. The sun provides life giving light for the plant and the plant, for its part, must find ways of capturing that light for use; it grows toward the light, it manufactures food from the light through photosynthesis, add to that the plant must recognize the changing of the seasons and the cycle of night and day. But does the plant actually "see" the light? Does it "feel" the touch of an insect on its leaves? Does it "smell" any of the aromas that surround it? These issues and many others are addressed by Chamovitz in a way that's accessible to the general reader. I found the writing interesting, charming and at times a little technical, but not so technical that it becomes a problem for the reader. The author also delves into the history of Botany and our changing view of the plant life all around us. If you've ever wondered how a plant "knows" the difference between up and down, when its time flower or to shed its leaves then you might enjoy this book as much as I did. Give it a try!I had no technical problems with this Kindle edition.LastRanger
As a horticulture who is studying plant physiology, this book is an impressively well-written explanation of what kinds of sensory perceptions plants possess, with clear and simple language that does not detract from the accuracy of the science behind the concepts. I wish I could write like that. The last section on "consciousness" is interesting and somewhat poetic, which brings the book to a thoughtful and gentle close. A very quick read, but very enjoyable.
The best two popular science books I've read this year are Tim Birkhead's Bird Sense: What It's Like to Be a Bird (Walker, 2012) and Daniel Chamovitz's What a Plant Knows: A Field Guide to the Senses (Scientific American, 2012). Both are models of good popular science. The authors are eminent in their fields: Birkhead teaches and does field study in and around New Zealand, Chamovitz directs the Manna Center for Plant Biosciences at Tel Aviv University. They provide solid and up to date information on cutting edge subjects; they write crisply and succinctly; they are generous in acknowledging the work of fellow scientists. (Darwin emerges -again--as a giant for his pioneering work in plant science.)Chamovitz's summary of the work in plant biology should put to rest forever the notion that plants thrive on Mozart and wilt under a dose of Jimi Hendrix's Band of Gypsies, because, as he attests, the one sense plants do not have is hearing. But plants do bend toward light, Venus flytraps snap shut on bugs that land on their leaves and exceed a certain length (which means there is more meat in them), and leaves curl when touched, sense certain smells and react to them, and reorient themselves toward up and down when turned. Plants are not intelligent, Chamovitz cautions, but they are aware. Both books are a pleasure to read and the conclusions reached are intriguing.
Well written and logically presented. Very interesting to understand how plants adapt and respond to their environment. As the author points out, humans tend to interpret things using human characteristics. He concludes plants are brainless because they don't have a localized brain- like organ. Perhaps, for plants the "brain" is an organ that is distributed throughout the plant itself and not located in a specific location.
PBS did a special recently, and I wanted to read this - I will still make my donation to them, but this way I get my book & read it now, while they usually take 6 - 8 weeks to get the materials to me - 3 days beats several weeks hands down!The info in the book is really fascinating! I had learned some ot this when a student at university many moons (decades)ago, but this expands far beyond that and is simply put, amazing. I hope it makes people think about the incredible variety of life and wonder about just what defines consciousness. My partner says 'it's scary - like aliens among us.' I prefer to think that now there's no reason to distinguish between carnivore and herbivore - and I'll continue to enjoy my steak and veggies, with gratitude and respect to all the creatures who are giving me life.
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