The Secret Life of Plants Author:Peter Tompkins, Christopher Bird Exploring the world of plants and its relation to mankind as revealed by the latest discoveries of scientists: an account of the research on the fringes of botany, experiments showing how plants respond to music and telepathy; that they have their own force-fields and feelings, and can be encouraged to grow or wither depending on the human attit... more »ude with which they are approached. 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.« less