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.
前些日子,有朋友送了一箱水果给我们,其中有一颗黄橙橙的柚子。小娃儿极其喜欢,虽然吃力、却依然抱着柚子四处转悠,说:“爸爸,妈妈,你们闻闻柚子香不香啊?”等我们给予肯定的答案后,他还要强调一句:“这是水果的香味。” 其实,植物的香味中,我最爱的是花香。一直以来...
评分前些日子,有朋友送了一箱水果给我们,其中有一颗黄橙橙的柚子。小娃儿极其喜欢,虽然吃力、却依然抱着柚子四处转悠,说:“爸爸,妈妈,你们闻闻柚子香不香啊?”等我们给予肯定的答案后,他还要强调一句:“这是水果的香味。” 其实,植物的香味中,我最爱的是花香。一直以来...
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...
评分白天忙碌奔波了一天,心情烦躁,晚上打开这本装帧精美的小书,慢慢看去,感觉心情宁静了很多。 虽然少亲近植物,但是一直喜欢植物,喜欢植物旺盛的生命力,喜欢植物挺拔安静的姿态,或许也是因为有那么多关于植物的诗句让人诵读,三毛的那首诗:“如果有来生,要做一棵树,站成...
评分很受欢迎的一本植物科普小书,,2013年引进,到今天已重印了十多次。
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!
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评分藏书阁打卡 ‖ 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?!
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