具体描述
How does a Venus flytrap know when to snap shut? Can it feel an insect’s spindly legs? How do flowers know when it’s spring? Can they actually remember the weather? And do they care if you play them Led Zeppelin or Bach?
From Darwin’s early fascination with stems and vines to Little Shop of Horrors, we have always marveled at plant diversity and form. Now, in What a Plant Knows, the renowned biologist Daniel Chamovitz presents an intriguing and refreshing look at how plants experience the world. Highlighting the latest research in plant science, he takes us into the lives of different types of plants, and draws parallels with the human senses to reveal that we have much more in common with sunflowers and oak trees than we may realize. He explains how a willow knows when its neighbors have been taken over by a group of hungry beetles, and why an avocado will ripen in a paper bag with a banana (it’s the pheromones). He shows how plants know up from down, and settles the debate, once and for all, over whether or not plants appreciate that music you’ve been playing. Covering touch, sound, smell, sight, and even memory, Chamovitz considers whether it’s too much to ask if plants are aware.
What a Plant Knows is a rare inside look at what life is really like for the grass we walk on, the flowers we sniff, and the trees we climb. It is a true field guide to the senses for science buffs and green thumbs, and for anyone who seeks a greater understanding of our place in nature.
作者简介
Daniel Chamovitz, PhD, is the director of the Manna Center for Plant Biosciences at Tel Aviv University. His research has appeared in leading scientific journals. He lives in Hod Hasharon, Israel.
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读后感
刚在豆瓣上看到此书的推广的时候就勾起了我满满的阅读渴望。因个人的不小心，书在几经周折后才送到手上。打心底感谢某人啊！ 看到书的那刻顿觉这绿色的封面也是那么的喜洋洋！ 地球之大，植物之多，所以关于植物的了解也只是寥寥无几。因为植物随处可见，随手可得，当然稀有...
评分“据说石块曾经自己转动,树木曾经开口说话;鸦鹊的鸣声里曾经泄露过阴谋作乱的人。”麦克白这样说的时候，猜疑、混乱与恐惧充斥胸间。在树木默无声息这一定则下，莎士比亚不禁营造出了草木皆兵的晦暗效果。 当然我们没有要谈莎士比亚，而是那些作为背景的树木。 ...
评分 评分拿到书后，被封面的绿意深深吸引。翻开扉页，植物图腾的纹案映入眼帘，突显的书名，就如那些纹案一样富有生机。浓浓的油墨味有些冲鼻，仿佛闻到了某种植物为了保护自己散发的气味。书的封套很有趣，摊开来看，是彩色的植物和昆虫图案，孤陋寡闻的我只认识蜻蜓和蝴蝶，...
评分说到“植物”你会想到什么呢？是爷爷奶奶养的盆花？还是每天盘中的小菜？是每天路过的街边树木？还是花店中的琳琅满目？或者仅仅只是一片片美好的绿色？ 我想到的是“神秘”这个词。可能是因为看了太多神鬼妖魔之类的书和电影，植物的世界对于我来说好似一个只见...
用户评价
藏书阁打卡 ‖ 一本可爱又魅力十足的科普。植物小白表示原版比译版接受度更高。专业词汇以外，语言简洁明了，例证趣味性十足，配图满分。让人读得津津有味。 当然，所谓的植物能够'看，听，闻，感知，记忆'等，只是作者为了让读者明白，而通过阐述人类的视嗅触听觉等的形成机制来进行对比解释。作者反复强调:植物没有大脑。但它们却有意识。所以他们对光，声音，触碰等的感知，只是为了改变当下的生理状况，以求得更好的生存罢了。 另外，作者在语言间表现出来对植物的热爱，让读者能够对植物产生共情。也让我们思考，如果植物真的有感觉能交流，那么我们的未来会如何呢？！
评分简单的科普小书，英文版正文部分只有130多页，很容易读完。植物真是安静，聪明，又可爱的生物啊！
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评分睡前读物
评分生物知识还停留在高中，作为一本科普读物，读起来还不算费劲，好懂，写的还蛮有意思的。虽然以拟人的方式介绍植物see， smell，touch，etc. 但是还是特地在结尾强调了一下，植物并不能真正的像人那样感知世界，我们的存在也只是外部世界对它造成压力等影响的一部分。
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