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Green Nature/Human Nature: THE MEANING OF PLANTS IN OUR LIVES
Charles A. Lewis
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Description for Green Nature/Human Nature: THE MEANING OF PLANTS IN OUR LIVES
Paperback. Series: Environment Human Condition. Num Pages: 176 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JH; RNC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 15. Weight in Grams: 264.
"Our ties to the green world are often subtle and unexpected. It is not merely that hemoglobin and chlorophyll bear a striking similarity in structure, or that plants provide the pleasure of food and flowers."--from the Preface
Why do gardeners delight in the germination and growth of a seed? Why are our spirits lifted by flowers, our feelings of tension allayed by a walk in a forest or park? What other positive influences can green nature
bring to humanity?
In Green Nature/Human Nature Charles A. Lewis describes the psychological, sociological, and physiological responses of people to vegetation ... Read more
"Our ties to the green world are often subtle and unexpected. It is not merely that hemoglobin and chlorophyll bear a striking similarity in structure, or that plants provide the pleasure of food and flowers."--from the Preface
Why do gardeners delight in the germination and growth of a seed? Why are our spirits lifted by flowers, our feelings of tension allayed by a walk in a forest or park? What other positive influences can green nature
bring to humanity?
In Green Nature/Human Nature Charles A. Lewis describes the psychological, sociological, and physiological responses of people to vegetation ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Series
Environment Human Condition
Condition
New
Number of Pages
176
Place of Publication
Baltimore, United States
ISBN
9780252065101
SKU
V9780252065101
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About Charles A. Lewis
Charles A. Lewis has worked as horticulturist and administrator of the collections program and then research fellow at the Morton Arboretum in Lisle, Illinois. He also has been a plant breeder, grower and garden center operator, and director of a public garden. Now a consultant in people-plant interactions, he has published widely in professional journals and popular magazines and newspapers. ... Read more
Reviews for Green Nature/Human Nature: THE MEANING OF PLANTS IN OUR LIVES
"Lewis presents to the reader convincing evidence that people's dependency on plants encompasses all aspects of who we are as humans
that, indeed, plants influence us psychologically, physiologically, socially, and spiritually as well as physically and intellectually... Lewis' work is an important contribution."
HortScience
that, indeed, plants influence us psychologically, physiologically, socially, and spiritually as well as physically and intellectually... Lewis' work is an important contribution."
HortScience