The Secret Life of Plants

The secret life of plants by tompkins and bird was also a huge setback for legitimate research. This book may have resulted in the self censorship of researchers that were touching on areas of plant cognition, or anything that hinted at similarities between plant and animal senses. There will probably always be a strain of romanticism through our thinking about plants. Luther burbank and george washington carver both re eputedly talked to and listened to the plants they did such brilliant work with.