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What a plant knows : a field guide to the senses /

Chamovitz, Daniel, 1963-

What a plant knows : a field guide to the senses / Daniel Chamovitz. - 1st ed. - New York : Scientific American/Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2012. - 177 p. : ill ; 22 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. What a plant sees -- 2. What do plants smell? -- 3. What a plant feels -- 4. What a plant hears -- 5. How a plant knows where it is -- 6. What a plant remembers -- Epilogue: the aware plant.

Explores the secret lives of various plants, from the colors they see to whether or not they really like classical music to their ability to sense nearby danger.

9780374288730 (hbk. : alk. paper) 0374288739 (hbk. : alk. paper)

Farrar Straus & Giroux, C/O Mps 16365 James Madison Hwy, Gordonsville, VA, USA, 22942, (540)6727600 SAN 631-5011

2011040179

016081865 Uk


Plants.
Plant physiology.

QK50 / .C45 2012

571.2

QK50 / .C43 2012

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