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Summary: Informative outranks technical
Review: This book succeeded in shocking me into an awareness of our abuse of plant and soil resources, albeit in a tedious, statis-
tical manner. The research presented is incredibly interesting.
But the presentation itself is unwieldy, with seemingly endless lists of names and specialized scientific data. The greater message it carries outweighs it's cumbersome nature. Whether you have a doctorate in mechanical engineering or not, read it - you won't regret it.
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Summary: Funny
Review: This books supports the theory that plants have can mentally receive human thoughts and understand them, and it also claims there is scientific evidence for this. However, one scientist they cited, Bakster, later admitted to *never haved repeated his experiments*, thus only doing one test. That's hardly scientific. One researched cited in this book claimed that plants sulked when he insulted them. To understand this, the plant must understand English. I think people are willing to believe anything. However, of the "successful" experiments listed here, other scientists haven't been able to replicate these findings (which some blame on "hostile scientists and plants who don't want to cooperate", which is just ad hoc logic).
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Summary: Wonderful, wonderful book
Review: This is a book i believe everyone should read, because it is not only facinating, but the subject matter is something that will affect us way into the new millenium.
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Summary: Must Read For Plant Lovers
Review: This is a must read for anyone with an interest in the Plant Kingdom. The book touches areas of science, spirituality, and nutrition conspiracies.
The begining part of the book, tells us about humans andhow their thought patterns, can make plants thrive or die. Examples of a lie detector being hooked up to a plant, which detects nervous energy when threatened by fire. Also the use of positive and negative thinking to influence the growth of plants. Showing through intensive research that plants do have feelings and possibly what we believe as a soul.
The book moves along, explaining the many experiments done with humans and plants. We see how specific music can benefit or stagnate growth, this is probally true for both humans and plants. We get a taste of nutritional information, with the knowledge that refined foods do not give our bodies complete nutrients, ( i.e. sugar, flour, basically anything processed ). Food designed to make us ill? Thoughts arise with information found in this book.
The end of the book brings us a look at organic farming, the benefits for humans, and the soil.
This book touches on many exciting facts and for my second time through it, I was still thrilled about discoveries that were made over 30 years ago. I hope that many people will enjoy this book as much as I have.
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Summary: Must Read For Plant Lovers
Review: This is a must read for anyone with an interest in the Plant Kingdom. The book touches areas of science, spirituality, and nutrition conspiracies.
The begining part of the book, tells us about humans andhow their thought patterns, can make plants thrive or die. Examples of a lie detector being hooked up to a plant, which detects nervous energy when threatened by fire. Also the use of positive and negative thinking to influence the growth of plants. Showing through intensive research that plants do have feelings and possibly what we believe as a soul.
The book moves along, explaining the many experiments done with humans and plants. We see how specific music can benefit or stagnate growth, this is probally true for both humans and plants. We get a taste of nutritional information, with the knowledge that refined foods do not give our bodies complete nutrients, ( i.e. sugar, flour, basically anything processed ). Food designed to make us ill? Thoughts arise with information found in this book.
The end of the book brings us a look at organic farming, the benefits for humans, and the soil.
This book touches on many exciting facts and for my second time through it, I was still thrilled about discoveries that were made over 30 years ago. I hope that many people will enjoy this book as much as I have.
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Summary: Makes me feel very small minded
Review: This is a rare and spiritual book that connects the lover of nature to its more esoteric aspects that many scientists completely ignore. It reaches and describes the material that only a few know about or are sensitive to and shows one that there is so much that we do not know or understand.We need this sort of knowledge to connect us to the unknowable and the special in nature including its rich, peaceful, lifegiving, sensitive and benevolent aspects. A gem of a book.
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Summary: One of my all time read it more than once favorites
Review: This is one of the more enlightening texts I have ever come upon. To think that pre-electronic work was done by Bose in India more than 100 years ago is indicative of intellect and insight the likes of Tesla and Einstein. I have with great enthusiasm told and retold stories from this book to so many and I enjoy the looks of astonishnment resultant. To know that plants can be amplifiers or somehow otherwise receptors -conveyors of our thoughts-feelings, continues to me to be such a mind-blower. To those of you really turned on by this book, you would be equally entertained by the very thought provoking book: MORNING OF THE MAGICIANS. Give it a shot. Most hearty thanks to Mr. Tompkins and Mr. Bird.
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Summary: This book has information that MUST be shared with the world
Review: This was a very informative book. It shows how scientists have recently proven plant thought, emotion, and sensing powers. This book must be read by as many people as possible (except parts of chapter two) before any more of the horrible plant abuse that I am constantly witnessing takes place. This book confirmed many beliefs about plants that I had prior to reading it, and it will help in much of my own experimentation. Thank you Peter Tompkins and Christopher Bird!
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