|
"Almost
incredible... bristles with plenty of hard facts and astounding
scientific and practical lore."
—S.K.
Oberbeck, Newsweek
"This
fascinating book roams... over that marvelous no man's land of
mystical glimmerings into the nature of science and life itself."
—Henry
Mitchell,
Washington Post Book World
|
|
|
The
Secret Life of Plants
by
Peter Tompkins and
Christopher Bird
$17.00
Softcover
- 402 pages
A
fascinating account of the physical, emotional, and spiritual relations
between plants and man
Exploring
the world of plants and its relation to mankind as revealed by the latest
discoveries of scientists, The Secret Life of Plants includes
remarkable information about plants as lie detectors and plants as ecological
sentinels; it describes their ability to adapt to human wishes, their
response to music, their curative powers, and their ability to communicate
with man. Authors Peter Tompkins and Christopher Bird suggest that the
most far-reaching revolution of the twentieth century—one that
could save or destroy the planet—may come from the bottom of your
garden.
"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
"If
I can't 'get inside a plant' or 'feel emanations' from a plant and don't
know anyone else who can, that doesn't detract one whit from the possibility
that some people can and do... According to The Secret Life of Plants,
plants and men do interrelate, with plants exhibiting empathetic and spiritual
relationships and showing reactions interpreted as demonstrating physical-force
connections with men. As my students say, 'hey, wow!'"
—Richard
M. Klein, Professor of Botany,
University of Vermont (in Smithsonian)
|