What a Plant Knows: A Field Guide to the Senses

by Daniel Chamovitz

Book Overview

"Enough absorbing science to concede that plants continue to inspire and amaze us." -- The Wall Street Journal How does a Venus flytrap know when to snap shut? Can it feel an insect's tiny, spindly legs? And how do cherry blossoms know when to bloom? Can they remember the weather? For centuries we have marveled at plant diversity and form--from Charles Darwin's early fascination with stems to Seymour Krelborn's distorted doting in Little Shop of Horrors...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0374533881
• ISBN13: 9780374533885
• Release Date: April 2013
• Publisher: Scientific American
• Length: 177 Pages
• Weight: 0.42 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.2"