What a plant knows : a field guide to the senses / Daniel Chamovitz.
Material type: TextPublication details: New York : Scientific American/Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2012.Edition: 1st edDescription: 177 p. : ill ; 22 cmISBN:- 9780374288730 (hbk. : alk. paper)
- 0374288739 (hbk. : alk. paper)
- 571.2 23
- QK50 .C45 2012
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QK50 .B527r The rose's kiss : a natural history of flowers / | QK50 .C36 2005 Botany for gardeners / | QK50 .C36 2010 Botany for gardeners / | QK50 .C45 2012 What a plant knows : a field guide to the senses / | QK50 .D126 How to see plants, | QK50 .D126f How to see flowers; | QK50 .H174 Plant-life, |
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.