{"product_id":"thus-spoke-the-plant-monica-gagliano-9781623172435","title":"Thus Spoke the Plant: A Remarkable Journey of Groundbreaking Scientific Discoveries and Personal Encounters with Plants","description":"\u003cb\u003eA research scientist's fascinating study of plant communication reveals how we \"have been misunderstanding plants, and ourselves, for all of history\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Paris Review\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A compelling story of discovery . . . [that] will change the way you see the world\"--for fans of \u003ci\u003eThe Hidden Life of Trees\u003c\/i\u003e (Robin Wall Kimmerer, author of \u003ci\u003eBraiding Sweetgrass\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In this \"\u003ci\u003ephyto\u003c\/i\u003ebiography\"--a collection of stories written in partnership with a plant--research scientist Monica Gagliano shares genuine first-hand accounts from her research into plant communication and cognition. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e By transcending the view of plants as the objects of scientific materialism, Gagliano encourages us to rethink plants as people--beings with subjectivity, consciousness, and volition, and hence having the capacity for their own perspectives and voices. The book draws on up-close-and-personal encounters with the plants themselves, as well as plant shamans, indigenous elders, and mystics from around the world and integrates these experiences with an incredible research journey and the groundbreaking scientific discoveries that emerged from it. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Gagliano has published numerous peer-reviewed scientific papers on how plants have a Pavlov-like response to stimuli and can learn, remember, and communicate to neighboring plants. She has pioneered the brand-new research field of plant bioacoustics, for the first time experimentally demonstrating that plants emit their own 'voices' and, moreover, detect and respond to the sounds of their environments. By demonstrating experimentally that learning is not the exclusive province of animals, Gagliano has re-ignited the discourse on plant subjectivity and ethical and legal standing. This is the story of how she made those discoveries and how the plants helped her along the way.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Monica Gagliano\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1623172438\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781623172435\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e North Atlantic Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/13\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 176\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.50d","brand":"Monica Gagliano","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44051391217919,"sku":"9781623172435","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2483cb43-627e-4e0c-8904-13064dde2826.jpg?v=1685012816","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/thus-spoke-the-plant-monica-gagliano-9781623172435","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}