Planta Sapiens : The New Science of Plant Intelligence

Calvo, Paco; Lawrence, Natalie (CON)

ISBN 10: 1324074612 / ISBN 13: 9781324074618

Verlag: W. W. Norton & Company, 2024

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Inhaltsangabe:

Decades of research document plants’ impressive abilities: they communicate with each other, manipulate other species, and move in sophisticated ways. Lesser known, however, is that although plants may not have brains, their internal workings reveal a system not unlike the neuronal networks running through our own bodies. They can learn and remember, possessing an intelligence that allows them to behave in flexible, forward-looking, and goal-directed ways.Planta SapiensCalvo also illuminates how plants inspire technological advancements, from robotics to AI. Most importantly, he demonstrates that plants are not objects: they have their own agency. If we recognize plants as actors alongside us in the climate crisis—rather than seeing them simply as resources for carbon capture and food production—plants may just be able to help us tackle our most urgent problems.

Über die Autorinnen und Autoren: Paco Calvo is a professor of the philosophy of science and principal investigator at the Universidad de Murcia's Minimal Intelligence Lab (MINT Lab) in Spain.

Natalie Lawrence is a writer and illustrator with a PhD in the history of science, living in London.

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Titel: Planta Sapiens : The New Science of Plant ...
Verlag: W. W. Norton & Company
Erscheinungsdatum: 2024
Einband: Softcover
Zustand: As New