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- | ====== The Secret | + | ====== The Secret |
**The Secret Life of Plants: by Peter Tompkins and Christopher Bird, 1973** | **The Secret Life of Plants: by Peter Tompkins and Christopher Bird, 1973** | ||
- | [[reading_notes]] by [[Cocky_Eek]] | + | [[reading_notes]] by [[Cocky_Eek]] |
- | === Introduction === | + | ==== Introduction ==== |
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< | < | ||
Raoul Francé put forth the idea, shocking to contemporary natural philosophers, | Raoul Francé put forth the idea, shocking to contemporary natural philosophers, | ||
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**Could the plant have been reading his mind**? | **Could the plant have been reading his mind**? | ||
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- | === ESP, or extrasensory perception === | + | |
+ | ==== ESP, or extrasensory perception ==== | ||
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- | < | + | < |
a variety of new products: the red color seen on television screens; | a variety of new products: the red color seen on television screens; | ||
fluorescent crayons; tags for insecticides; | fluorescent crayons; tags for insecticides; | ||
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wife, proclaimed that all living cells produce an invisible radiation. | wife, proclaimed that all living cells produce an invisible radiation. | ||
- | ---Since glass and gelatin are known to block various ultraviolet | ||
- | frequencies on the electromagnetic spectrum. | ||
- | them. Pg 54 | ||
---1969. Lawrence; Four main questions, were starting to attract serious | ---1969. Lawrence; Four main questions, were starting to attract serious | ||
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and, most important, a genuine love for plants." | and, most important, a genuine love for plants." | ||
- | === Latest Soviet Discoveries === | + | ---------------------- |
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+ | ==== Latest Soviet Discoveries ==== | ||
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---biologist Karamanov published "**The Application of Automation and Cybernetics to Plant Husbandry.**" | ---biologist Karamanov published "**The Application of Automation and Cybernetics to Plant Husbandry.**" | ||
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---research of the American Nobel Prize winner Melvin Calvin in photo· | ---research of the American Nobel Prize winner Melvin Calvin in photo· | ||
- | synthesis, wherein he discovered that **plant chlorophyll under the influ- | + | synthesis, wherein he discovered that **plant chlorophyll under the influence |
- | ence of the sun's rays can give up electrons to a semiconductor such as | + | zincoxide**. Melvin and his co-workers created a "green photoelement," |
- | zinc oxide**. Melvin and his co-workers created a "green photoelement," | + | |
which produced a current of approximately 0.1 microamperes per square | which produced a current of approximately 0.1 microamperes per square | ||
centimeter. After several minutes, the plant | centimeter. After several minutes, the plant | ||
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silicone solar batteries now being experimented with. Pg 76 | silicone solar batteries now being experimented with. Pg 76 | ||
- | === pioneers | + | ----------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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+ | ==== Pioneers | ||
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+ | === related libarynth topics === | ||
+ | * [[plant perception]] | ||
+ | * [[plant movement]] | ||
+ | * [[HPI]] | ||