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The Language of Plants : Science, Philosophy, Literature by Monica Gagliano; John C. Ryan; Patrícia Vieira (eds.) is a science book available to read on EtoBox.
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<p>The eighteenth-century naturalist Erasmus Darwin (grandfather of Charles) argued that plants are animate, living beings and attributed them sensation, movement, and a certain degree of mental activity, emphasizing the continuity between humankind and plant existence. Two centuries later, the understanding of plants as active and communicative organisms has reemerged in such diverse fields as plant neurobiology, philosophical posthumanism, and ecocriticism. <i>The Language of Plants</i> brings
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Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Monica Gagliano; John C. Ryan; Patrícia Vieira (eds.)
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press; Univ Of Minnesota Press
- Published
- 2017
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781517901844
- Category
- science
- Subjects
- Philosophy, Science, Chemistry
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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