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An enthusiastic review of recent plant science findings.
Schlanger asks the questions--can plants communicate? are they intelligent? are they conscious? do they have agency? and tells us what scientists have been finding out.
She also asks-how does science change its mind? is inheritance strictly gene-controlled or does environment influence heredity? what does all this mean in humans' relations to plants and the world?
The title demonstrates her wonderful use of words. The book is brimming with wo ...more
Schlanger asks the questions--can plants communicate? are they intelligent? are they conscious? do they have agency? and tells us what scientists have been finding out.
She also asks-how does science change its mind? is inheritance strictly gene-controlled or does environment influence heredity? what does all this mean in humans' relations to plants and the world?
The title demonstrates her wonderful use of words. The book is brimming with wo ...more
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