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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.
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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评分植物作为一种生命体，在我的脑海中一直是略显悲情的存在，它的根在土壤里，永远无法离开那个安身立命的地方，不知道痛且彼此之间也无法用语言交流，活着就好像死了。直到打开这本书，我才知道植物的感官在某些方面甚至要比人类更敏感细微，在漫长的演化史里，植物也是不可或缺...
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...
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...
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1st:20140426-20140428.
评分Touch the leaves of an oak, knowing that the tree will remember it was touched. But it won’t remember you. You, on the other hand, can remember this particular tree and carry the memory of it with you forever. 还成吧 基础生物知识
评分1st:20140426-20140428.
评分Touch the leaves of an oak, knowing that the tree will remember it was touched. But it won’t remember you. You, on the other hand, can remember this particular tree and carry the memory of it with you forever. 还成吧 基础生物知识
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