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发表于2025-02-08
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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.
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.
娓娓道来
评分很有科普性,很像一篇论文,虽然作者自己说“beyond academic research and writing"。植物就像其他生物一样,很有意思。但是我的生物知识太差啦!
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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评分就这么学术的小册子而言,算挺通俗好看的,文笔不错。介绍了植物生理学的知识,回顾了一些重要实验,传达出人文关怀。希望中文翻译别毁了它。ps作者是邓兴旺的学生。以及达尔文好厉害……
最近在看一本关于植物的书,《植物知道生命的答案》,因为觉得看了之后自己会变成很有知识的人,所以耐着性子在一堆一堆陌生的术语中坚持着。但是像我这样重度文艺化的人已经很难跟上这样的轻科学作品了,于是看着看着点就跑歪了。 这本书是一个美国的学者写的,之所以是学者...
评分本来看了第一篇文章,觉得会是很枯燥的学术书,没想到从第二篇开始,通过各种科学实验和植物奇妙的对外界的感觉,使整本书越来越有趣。也了解到科学家是怎样做实验一步步得出科学结论的。 比如其中关于植物“嗅觉”的一篇,科学家首先找到了菟比子,五角菟丝子没有叶片(叶绿...
评分万物皆有灵 杜甫有诗云:感时花溅泪,恨别鸟惊心。 植物的世界不是沉默的世界:植物会看、会闻、会触摸、有记忆、能定位。 如果,人类、动物和植物具有相似的本领,都能对复杂的光环境、错综的气味、多样的物理剌 激产生反应;人类、动物和植物都具有偏好性,都有记忆的话。 我...
评分对世界上的很多事情我们都漠不关心,而我们甚至都不会去想这个问题。我们有太多时期要操心,小到生活琐事,大到赚钱糊口。或者有些人还要考虑考虑国家大事,国际局势。又或者要读那些读不懂的书,思考高深莫测的问题。有时候我们觉得已经对这个世界太了解,对自己的生活了如指...
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...
What a Plant Knows pdf epub mobi txt 电子书 下载 2025