Description: The world of plants and its relation to mankind as revealed by the latest scientific discoveries. "Plenty of hard facts and astounding scientific and practical lore."--Newsweek
Brief description:
Peter Tompkins was an American journalist, World War II spy, and bestselling author. His best known and most influential books include The Secret Life of Plants, Secrets of the Great Pyramid, and Mysteries of the Mexican Pyramids. He is the father of author Ptolemy Tompkins.
Review Quotes:
"Once in a while you find a book that stuns you. This is such a book. It's scope leaves you breathless." - San Francisco Chronicle
"The Secret Life of Plants captured international attention. . . . A best-selling book that claimed that plants have emotional feelings." - Los Angeles Times
"An epic panorama." - New York Times Book Review
"The cult favorite, which hypothesized that plants may be sentient. . . . Fantastic revelations!" - New York Times
"Incredible. ... Bristles with plenty of hard facts and astounding scientific and practical lore." - Newsweek
"This fascinating book... roams over that marvelous no man's land of mystical glimmerings into the nature of science and life itself." - Washington Post