{"product_id":"planting-our-world-paperback","title":"Planting Our World - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eStefano Mancuso\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eGregory Conti\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWith fun, fascinating vignettes, a renowned neurobiologist illuminates the interconnectedness of plant life and how we can learn from it to better plan our communities.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWe animals account for a paltry 0.3% of the planet's biomass while plants add up to 85%. And when, with just a little training, we are able to look at the world without seeing it solely as humanity's playground, we cannot help but notice the ubiquity of plants. They are everywhere, and their stories are inevitably bound up with ours. As every tree in a forest is linked to all the others by an underground network of roots, uniting them to form a super organism, so plants constitute the nervous system, the plan that is the \"greenprint\" of our world. To ignore the existence of this plan is one of the most serious threats to the survival of our species. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this latest book, the brilliant Stefano Mancuso is back to illuminate the greenprint of our world. He does it through unforgettable stories starring plants that combine an inimitable narrative style with remarkable scientific rigor, from the story of the red spruce that gave Stradivarius the wood for his fourteen violins, to the Kauri tree stump, kept alive for decades by the interconnected root system of nearby trees. From the mystery of the slipperiness of the banana skin to the plant that solved the \"crime of the century,\" the Lindbergh kidnapping, by way of wooden ladder rungs.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eStefano Mancuso \u003c\/b\u003eis one of the world's leading authorities in the field of plant neurobiology, which explores signaling and communication at all levels of biological organization. He is a professor at the University of Florence and has published more than 250 scientific papers in international journals. His previous books include \u003ci\u003eThe Nation of Plants\u003c\/i\u003e (Other Press, 2021), \u003ci\u003eThe Incredible Journey of Plants\u003c\/i\u003e (Other Press, 2020), \u003ci\u003eThe Revolutionary Genius of Plants: A New Understanding of Plant Intelligence and Behavior\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eBrilliant Green: The Surprising History and Science of Plant Intelligence\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eGregory Conti \u003c\/b\u003ehas translated numerous works of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry from Italian including works by Emilio Lussu, Rosetta Loy, Elisa Biagini, and Paolo Rumiz. He is the translator of Stefano Mancuso's two previous books, \u003ci\u003eThe Nation of Plants\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Incredible Journey of Plants\u003c\/i\u003e, and recently translated \u003ci\u003eThe Child Is the Teacher\u003c\/i\u003e by Cristina De Stefano. He is a regular contributor to the literary quarterly \u003ci\u003eRaritan\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.9 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 16, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42695522713663,"sku":"9781635424416","price":21.59,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/1f92097603213dedafd13531a3998df6.webp?v=1765004083","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/planting-our-world-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}