What a plant knows : a field guide to the senses / Daniel Chamovitz.
How does a Venus flytrap know when to snap shut? Can it actually feel an insect’s tiny, spindly legs? And how do cherry blossoms know when to bloom? Can they actually remember the weather? For centuries we have collectively marveled at plant diversity and form—from Charles Darwinȁ...
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| Language: | English |
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New York :
Scientific American/Farrar, Straus and Giroux,
2017.
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| Edition: | First revised paperback edition. |
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| Physical Description: | 201 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm |
| Format: | Book |
Contents:
- Prologue
- 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.