What a Plant Knows: A Field Guide to the Senses by Daniel Chamovitz

What a Plant Knows: A Field Guide to the Senses

Daniel Chamovitz

208 pages first pub 2012 (editions)

nonfiction nature science informative slow-paced

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How does a Venus flytrap know when to snap shut? Can it actually feel an insect's tiny, spindly legs? And how do cherry blossoms know when to bloom? Can they actually remember the weather?For centuries we have collectively marveled at plant divers...

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