Schlanger, Zoë: The Light Eaters

Name: Schlanger, Zoë: The Light Eaters
Brand: Harper
SKU: 9780063073852
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Hersteller: Harper
EAN: 9780063073852
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The New Yorker 's Best Books of 2024 ¿ TIME's 10 Best Nonfiction Books of 2024 ¿ New York Magazine's 10 Best Books of the Year ¿ Washington Post's 50 Notable Works of Nonfiction of 2024 ¿ Smithsonian 's 10 Best Science Books of the Year ¿ A Best Book of the Year: Boston Globe, Scientific American , New York Public Library, Christian Science Monitor , Library Journal , and Publishers Weekly ¿ An Amazon Best Nonfiction Book of the Year Longlisted for the National Book Critics Circle Nonfiction Prize ¿ Finalist for the Chautauqua Prize ¿ Finalist for the Los Ang eles Times Book Prize ¿ Winner of the National Outdoor Book Award for Natural History "A masterpiece of science writing." -Robin Wall Kimmerer, author of Braiding Sweetgrass "Mesmerizing, world-expanding, and achingly beautiful." -Ed Yong, author of An Immense World "Rich, vital, and full of surprises. Read it!" - Elizabeth Kolbert, author of Under a White Sky and The Sixth Extinction Award-winning Atlantic staff writer Zoë Schlanger delivers a groundbreaking work of natural history and popular science that probes the hidden world of the plant kingdom, "destabilizing not just how we see the green things of the world but also our place in the hierarchy of beings, and maybe the notion of that hierarchy itself." ( The New Yorker ) It takes tremendous biological creativity to be a plant. To survive and thrive while rooted in a single spot, plants have adapted ingenious methods of survival. In recent years, scientists have learned about their ability to communicate, recognize their kin and behave socially, hear sounds, morph their bodies to blend into their surroundings, store useful memories that inform their life cycle, and trick animals into behaving to their benefit-a fascinating display of plant behavior and sensory abilities, to name just a few remarkable talents. The Light Eaters is a deep immersion into the drama of green life and the complexity of this wild and awe-inspiring world that challenges our very understanding of agency, consciousness, and intelligence. In this captivating exploration of plant intelligence, we see that plants, rather than imitate human intelligence, have perhaps formed a parallel system. What is intelligent life if not a vine that grows leaves to blend into the shrub on which it climbs, a flower that shapes its bloom to fit exactly the beak of its pollinator, a pea seedling that can hear water flowing and make its way toward it? Zoë Schlanger takes us across the globe, digging into her own memories and into the soil with the scientists who have spent their waking days studying these amazing entities up close. What can we learn about life on Earth from the living things that thrive, adapt, consume, and accommodate simultaneously? More important, what do we owe these life forms once we come to understand their rich and varied abilities? Examining the latest epiphanies in botanical research, Schlanger spotlights the intellectual struggles among the researchers conceiving a wholly new view of their subject, offering a glimpse of a field in turmoil as plant scientists debate the tenets of ongoing discoveries and how insights into plant communication influence our understanding of what a plant is. We need plants to survive. But what do they need us for-if at all? An eye-opening and informative look at the ecosystem we live in, this book challenges us to rethink the role of plants-and our own place-in the natural world, tackling the enthralling question of plant consciousness along the way. Praised as "a masterpiece of science writing," The Light Eaters uncovers a world of botanical wonders, including: Plant Senses: Can a pea seedling hear running water? Does a flower know when a bee is approaching? A deep dive into the astonishing sensory abilities of the plant kingdom. The Great Debate: Go inside the labs and heated arguments of a scientific field in turmoil as researchers grapple with the evidence for plant intelligence and what it means for the future of botany. A New View of Life: From vines that mimic other plants to trees that recognize their own kin, discover a parallel system of life that challenges our very definition of agency and being. Groundbreaking Botanical Science: Journey across the globe with author Zoë Schlanger as she joins the researchers uncovering the latest epiphanies about the drama, complexity, and rich social lives of the green world.

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