The Thinking Green: Unlocking the Secret Minds of Plants

ISBN-13: 9786208870652 / Angielski / Miękka / 2025 / 76 str.

Walid Kaakeh

Opis

The Thinking Green: Unlocking the Secret Minds of Plants explores the provocative idea that plants-though lacking brains or neurons-demonstrate complex behaviors traditionally associated with intelligence. Drawing on cutting-edge research in plant neurobiology, ecology, and Indigenous knowledge, this book examines how plants perceive their environment, respond to challenges, remember past experiences, and communicate with one another.Through vivid storytelling and scientific depth, readers will journey from the roots to the canopy, uncovering how plants "see" light, "hear" vibrations, and "speak" in chemical signals. Chapters delve into symbiotic relationships, plant memory, communal networks, and the subtle rhythms of growth and response that defy our human-centric notions of cognition.More than a scientific exposé, this is a philosophical invitation to rethink life itself. What if intelligence is not confined to brains, but is distributed across living systems? What can the green world teach us about resilience, cooperation, and harmony?The Thinking Green challenges our assumptions and expands our minds-through the living wisdom of plants.