Stefano Mancuso Knihy

Jsou rostliny inteligentní bytosti? Dokážou komunikovat a řešit problémy, nebo jsou pouhou součástí světa bez citlivosti? Autoři zkoumají fascinující svět rostlin a dokazují, že nejsou organismy nižšího řádu. Rostliny mají svou osobnost, pět smyslů, vzájemně si předávají informace a interagují se zvířaty. Využívají strategie přežití, vedou sociální život a efektivně hospodaří s energetickými zdroji. Dovedou volit, učit se a pamatovat si. Inteligence, schopnost učení, paměť a komunikace nejsou výsadou živočišného světa. Tato publikace osvětluje, jak rostliny tyto vlastnosti sdílejí s námi. Hrají nezastupitelnou roli v našem životě, bez nich nemůžeme existovat a můžeme se od nich mnoho naučit. Díky svým schopnostem roste jejich význam ve vědě a technologiích budoucnosti. Kniha získala v roce 2013 Národní cenu pro popularizaci vědy Italské asociace pro knihu a byla přeložena do několika jazyků. Stefano Mancuso, vedoucí Mezinárodní laboratoře rostlinné neurobiologie na Univerzitě ve Florencii, je uznávaným odborníkem a zakládajícím členem International Society for Plant Signaling and Behavior. Alessandra Violová, novinářka specializující se na popularizaci vědy, se podílela na Festivalu živé vědy a spolupracuje se státní televizí RAI.

Rostlina není živočich, a za tímto zdánlivě jednoduchým tvrzením se skrývá zásadní rozdíl ve struktuře organismů. Rostliny, jako živoucí sítě, jsou odolnější a „modernější“ než živočichové, schopné přežít katastrofy a zachovat funkčnost. Vyznačují se kombinací pevnosti a flexibility, což jim umožňuje adaptovat se na extrémní podmínky, jako je čerpání vláhy z vzdušné vlhkosti či používání mimikry k obraně. Jejich modulární tělesná stavba inspiruje architekturu a chemické molekuly, které produkují, ovlivňují chování živočichů. Složitý kořenový systém, který zkoumá okolí, má aplikace v robotice. Dnes víme, že pěstování rostlin v kosmu je nezbytné pro jeho dobývání a plovoucí skleníky mohou pomoci uspokojit rostoucí poptávku po potravinách. Rostliny jako sofistikované sociální organismy nabízejí řešení mnoha technologických problémů a jsou klíčovou součástí živých ekosystémů. Pro zlepšení kvality života je nezbytné čerpat inspiraci z rostlinného světa. Tato kniha se zaměřuje na rostlinný svět a jeho potenciál pro budoucnost lidstva.

The remarkable stories of trees that have shaped human history - from the wooden ladder that solved a crime to France's revolutionary Liberty Trees.

"In this richly illustrated volume, a leading neurobiologist presents fascinating stories of plant migration that reveal unexpected connections between nature and culture. When we talk about migrations, we should study plants to understand that these phenomena are unstoppable. In the many different ways plants move, we can see the incessant action and drive to spread life that has led plants to colonize every possible environment on earth. The history of this relentless expansion is unknown to most people, but we can begin our exploration with these surprising tales, engagingly told by Stefano Mancuso. Generation after generation, using spores, seeds, or any other means available, plants move in the world to conquer new spaces. They release huge quantities of spores that can be transported thousands of miles. The number and variety of tools through which seeds spread is astonishing: we have seeds dispersed by wind, by rolling on the ground, by animals, by water, or by a simple fall from the plant, which can happen thanks to propulsive mechanisms, the swaying of the mother plant, the drying of the fruit, and much more. In this accessible, absorbing overview, Mancuso considers how plants convince animals to transport them around the world, and how some plants need particular animals to spread; how they have been able to grow in places so inaccessible and inhospitable as to remain isolated; how they resisted the atomic bomb and the Chernobyl disaster; how they are able to bring life to sterile islands; how they can travel through the ages, as they sail around the world"-- Provided by publisher

Translation of: Plant revolution: le piante hanno gi a inventato il nostro futuro.

This playful manifesto - presented for the plant nation by a leading neurobiologist - is an international bestseller.

As plants see it, humans are not the masters of the Earth but only one of its most unpleasant and irksome residents. They have been on the planet for only about 300,000 years ago (nothing compared to the three billon years of plant evolution), yet have changed the conditions of the planet so drastically as to make it a dangerous place for their own survival. It's time for the plants to offer advice. In this playful, philosophical manifesto, Stefano Mancuso, expert on plant intelligence, presents a new constitution on which to build our future as beings respectful of the Earth and its inhabitants. These eight articles - the fundamental pillars on which plant life is based - must henceforth regulate all living beings.

Leading plant scientist, Stefano Mancuso, offers a new understanding of the botanical world and a passionate argument for intelligent plant life. He argues that plants process information, sleep, remember, and signal to one another- showing that, far from passive machines, plants are intelligent and aware.

With fun, fascinating vignettes, a renowned neurobiologist illuminates the interconnectedness of plant life and how we can learn from it to better plan our communities. We 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. In 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.

"Measuring Roots" explores the significance of roots in plant biology, detailing recent advancements in visualization and measurement techniques. International experts discuss both lab and field methods, making this book a comprehensive guide for researchers and anyone interested in root measurement.