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Condition
Good: A book that has been read but is in good condition. Very minimal damage to the cover including ...
Type
Paperback
ISBN
9780060915872
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Product Identifiers

Publisher
HarperCollins
ISBN-10
0060915870
ISBN-13
9780060915872
eBay Product ID (ePID)
18611

Product Key Features

Book Title
Secret Life of Plants : A Fascinating Account of the Physical, Emotional, and Spiritual Relations Between Plants and Man
Number of Pages
416 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
1989
Topic
Plants / General, Reference, General
Features
Reprint
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Nature
Author
Christopher Bird, Peter Tompkins
Format
Trade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height
1.1 in
Item Weight
10.9 Oz
Item Length
8 in
Item Width
5.3 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
72-009160
TitleLeading
The
Reviews
"The cult favorite, which hypothesized that plants may be sentient. . . . Fantastic revelations!" -- New York Times "Once in a while you find a book that stuns you. This is such a book. It's scope leaves you breathless." -- San Francisco Chronicle "Incredible. ... Bristles with plenty of hard facts and astounding scientific and practical lore." -- Newsweek "This fascinating book... roams over that marvelous no man's land of mystical glimmerings into the nature of science and life itself." -- Washington Post
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Reprint
Synopsis
The world of plants and its relation to mankind as revealed by the latest scientific discoveries. "Plenty of hard facts and astounding scientific and practical lore."-Newsweek, Explore the inner world of plants and its fascinating relation to mankind, as uncovered by the latest discoveries of science. A perennial bestseller. In this truly revolutionary and beloved work, drawn from remarkable research, Peter Tompkins and Christopher Bird cast light on the rich psychic universe of plants. Now available in a new edition, The Secret Life of Plants explores plants' response to human care and nurturing, their ability to communicate with man, plants' surprising reaction to music, their lie-detection abilities, their creative powers, and much more. Tompkins and Bird's classic book affirms the depth of humanity's relationship with nature and adds special urgency to the cause of protecting the environment that nourishes us., "Once in a while you find a book that stuns you. Its scope leaves you breathless. This is such a book." -- John White, San Francisco Chronicle Explore the inner world of plants and its fascinating relation to mankind, as uncovered by the latest discoveries of science. In this truly revolutionary and beloved work, drawn from remarkable research, Peter Tompkins and Christopher Bird cast light on the rich psychic universe of plants. The Secret Life of Plants explores plants' response to human care and nurturing, their ability to communicate with man, plants' surprising reaction to music, their lie-detection abilities, their creative powers, and much more. Tompkins and Bird's classic book affirms the depth of humanity's relationship with nature and adds special urgency to the cause of protecting the environment that nourishes us.

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