The Light Eaters

By Zoë Schlanger,

Book cover of The Light Eaters: How the Unseen World of Plant Intelligence Offers a New Understanding of Life on Earth

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"teeming with fascinating and enlightening insights" Observer

A narrative investigation into the new science of plant intelligence and sentience, from National Association of Science Writers Award winner and Livingston Award finalist Zoe Schlanger.

Look at the green organism across the room or through the window: the potted plant, or the…

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A non fiction book, at the leading edge of a long overdue science story

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