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Author Schlanger, Zoë, author.

Title The light eaters : how the unseen world of plant intelligence offers a new understanding of life on Earth / Zoë Schlanger.

Edition First edition.
Publication Info. New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2024]
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Description 290 pages ; 24 cm
Summary "A book exploring the emerging science on plant intelligence, uncovering plants' complex and unimaginable capabilities and calling into question what we consider to be conscious agents in the natural world"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-280) and index.
Contents Chapter 1. -- The question of plant consciousness -- Chapter 2. -- How science changes its mind -- Chapter 3. -- The communicating plant -- Chapter 4. -- Alive to feeling -- Chapter 5. -- An ear to the ground -- Chapter 6. -- The (plant) body keeps the score -- Chapter 7. -- Conversations with animals -- Chapter 8. -- The scientist and the chameleon vine -- Chapter 9. -- The social life of plants -- Chapter 10. -- Inheritance -- Chapter 11. -- Plant futures.
Subject Plant physiology.
Plants -- Psychological aspects.
Added Title How the unseen world of plant intelligence offers a new understanding of life on Earth
ISBN 9780063073852 (hardcover)
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