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<p>One of Amazon's Ten Best Science & Math Books of 2012 <p>One of Chicago Tribune 's Favorite Books of 2012 <p>A Los Angeles Times 2012 Summer Reading Selection <br> Of the dozens of books I read in 2012, several stand out. But there's one I keep coming back to, thumbing through it, letting people know about it. It's Daniel Chamovitz's What A Plant Knows: A Field Guide to the Senses . . . It's incredibly interesting material, presented in an entertaining and fun way -- in about only 140 pages. What A Plant Knows is a nice fit on my shelf of gardening books -- and that's where it will stay. Although I've recommended the book to several people, I've ungraciously not let them borrow my copy. I fear I won't get it back. -- Chicago Tribune <br> The reader...will find enough absorbing science to concede that plants continue to inspire and amaze us. It's time, as Joni Mitchell sang at Woodstock, 'to get ourselves back to the garden' and take a closer look at plants. -- The Wall Street Journal<br> <br> This elegantly written account of plant biology will change the way you see your garden...Chamovitz lets us see plants in a new light, one which reveals their true wonder. -- The Guardian <br> Thick with eccentric plant experiments and astonishing plant science. -- Sunday Times (UK) <br> Plants may be brainless, eyeless and devoid of senses as we know them, but they have a rudimentary 'awareness', says biologist Daniel Chamovitz. In this beautiful reframing of the botanical, he reveals the extent and kind of that awareness through a bumper crop of research. -- Nature <br> For everyone who has wondered at Mimosa, the suddenly snapping Venus flytrap or the way a sunflower's head unerringly turns to follow the sun, Daniel Chamovitz has written the perfect book. -- American Scientist <br> [A] fascinating inside look at what a plant's life is like, and a new lens on our own place in nature. --Maria Popova, Brain Pickings<br> <br> Verdict: n

By comparing human senses to the abilities of plants to adapt to their surroundings, the author provides a fascinating and logical explanation of how plants survive despite the inability to move from one site to another. Backed by new research on plant biology, this is an intriguing look at a plant's consciousness. * Scientific American * This is great * The Times *

By comparing human senses to the abilities of plants to adapt to their surroundings, the author provides a fascinating and logical explanation of how plants survive despite the inability to move from one site to another. Backed by new research on plant biology, this is an intriguing look at a plant's consciousness. Scientific American This is great The Times

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Daniel Chamovitz is Director of the Manna Centre for Plant Biosciences at Tel Aviv University in Israel. His career has been marked by groundbreaking discoveries in plant biology, with his research published in the leading journals. This is his first book.

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