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Loistavat kasvit - Mitä tiedämme kasveista ja niiden älykkyydestä? by Stefano Mancuso, Alessandra Viola

4.0

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Can plants hear? Can plants taste? Can plants see? In this book, Stefanie Mancuso and Alessandra Viola explore the extraordinary (and oftentimes controversial) world of plant intelligence. When botanists started to propose notions of plants having ‘senses’ in the 18th/19th century, they were met with laughter and ridicule from the scientific community. Even Darwin was met with intense condemnation following many of his publications on flora! However, nowadays we have a much greater understanding of this sylvan kingdom and it’s incredible diversity. This book explores all of these topics and more; if you want to learn what the 15 plant senses are, or how orchids have ingeniously evolved to trick insects, then make this a priority for your summer reading.