Brilliant green
Subtitle: the surprising history and science of plant intelligence
By: Stefano Mancuso and Alessandra Viola ; translated by Joan Benham ; foreword by Michael Pollan
Contributors: Viola, Alessandra, author; Benham, Joan (Translator); Pollan, Michael, author of foreword; Mancuso, Stefano
Publisher: Island Press
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 173
ISBN-13: 9781610916035
Subjects: Plants; Plant physiology; Popular works
Work titles: Verde brillante
Description: In this book, a leading plant scientist offers a new understanding of the botanical world and a passionate argument for intelligent plant life. Are plants intelligent? Can they solve problems, communicate, and navigate their surroundings? For centuries, philosophers and scientists have argued that plants are unthinking and inert, yet discoveries over the past fifty years have challenged this idea, shedding new light on the complex interior lives of plants. In Brilliant Green, leading scientist Stefano Mancuso presents a new paradigm in our understanding of the vegetal world. He argues that plants process information, sleep, remember, and signal to one another-showing that, far from passive machines, plants are intelligent and aware. Part botany lesson, part manifesto, Brilliant Green is an engaging and passionate examination of the inner workings of the plant kingdom.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-173).

Translation of: Verde brillante.
Table of contents: title: The; title: root of the problem. Plants and the great monotheistic religions ; -- The; title: plant world according to writers and philosophers ; -- The; title: fathers of botany : Linnaeus and Darwin ;; title: Humans are the most evolved beings on the planet. Or are they? ;; title: Plants : always second fiddle -- -- The; title: plant : a stranger. Euglena versus paramecium : an even match? ;; title: Five hundred million years ago ; -- A; title: plant is a colony ; -- A; title: problem of tempos ;; title: Life without plants : impossible -- -- The; title: senses of plants. Sight ;; title: Smell ;; title: Taste ;; title: Touch Hearing ;; title: --and fifteen other senses! --; title: Communication in plants. Communication inside the plant ;; title: Communication between plants ;; title: Communication between plants and animals --; title: Plant intelligence. Can we speak of "plant intelligence?" ;; title: What can we learn from artificial intelligence? ;; title: Intelligence unites, it doesn't divide ;; title: Charles Darwin and the intelligence of plants ;; title: Each plant is a living Internet network ; -- A; title: swarm of roots ; -- The; title: aliens are here : plant intelligence as a model for understanding extraterrestrial intelligence ;; title: Plants' sleep.