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thoughton98's review against another edition
4.0
Can plants hear? Can plants taste? Can plants see? In this book, Stefanie Mancuso and Alessandra Viola explore the extraordinary (and oftentimes controversial) world of plant intelligence. When botanists started to propose notions of plants having ‘senses’ in the 18th/19th century, they were met with laughter and ridicule from the scientific community. Even Darwin was met with intense condemnation following many of his publications on flora! However, nowadays we have a much greater understanding of this sylvan kingdom and it’s incredible diversity. This book explores all of these topics and more; if you want to learn what the 15 plant senses are, or how orchids have ingeniously evolved to trick insects, then make this a priority for your summer reading.
jillianmani's review against another edition
3.0
3.5✨
A really quick listen/read. Learned some new facts. Overall pretty good! The authors passion spills through the pages and I always love seeing that.
A really quick listen/read. Learned some new facts. Overall pretty good! The authors passion spills through the pages and I always love seeing that.
somehair666's review against another edition
5.0
Plants are aliens and you can’t convince me otherwise
jacobdums's review against another edition
informative
inspiring
reflective
slow-paced
3.5
A very thought provoking book that can help people learn about plants and think about them from a different angle. I have a PhD in Plant Biology and while I agree with much of what the author writes, some of the arguments are pretty forced. It’s like they tried a bit too hard to elevate plants and denigrate other forms of life. I might have ranked this book higher if I knew less about biology and specifically plants. Some parts were a bit yawn worthy because they are well traveled ground in the plant realm. However, if I was new I think this book would seriously challenge my thinking about plants and their place in our world!!
kintsugiulia's review against another edition
3.0
Sir, that’s my emotional support favourite botanist/ plant neurobiologist/ science communicator.
siesiss's review against another edition
fast-paced
Terrible book. Uninformative and sensationalistic.