漁夫의 이것저것; Juvenile delinquency : [ 책 ] 식물의 정신세계

2007년 09월 01일

[ 책 ] 식물의 정신세계

[ 이미지 만들기가 번거로와서 ]
원제 ; The Secret Life of Plant
  지은이; Peter Tompkins, Christopher Bird
역자; 황금용, 황정민

Yes24 page ; http://www.yes24.com/Goods/FTGoodsView.aspx?goodsNo=31099&CategoryNumber=001001002001

  몇 년 전에 읽었는데 읽으면서도 믿을 수가 없었다.  지금은 당연히 더 못 믿겠죠. ^^

Amazon의 어느 독자 서평이 가장 좋으리라 믿습니다.

漁夫

책 페이지 URL ; http://www.amazon.com/Secret-Life-Plants-Peter-Tompkins/dp/0060915870/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/105-7576906-6951663?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1188635838&sr=8-1

한 독자의 서평 ]

If they really are sentient beings, one must wonder if plants are as gullible as the humans that fell for this book. If not, plants must be having a jolly good laugh.

Peter Tomkins and Christopher Bird based a large part of this book on the work of Cleve Backster, a "scientist" of questionable credentials. Backster's "experiments" on the galvanic skin response of plants, first published in the International Journal of Parapsychology in 1968, have been thoroughly refuted by qualified scientists using proper controls. No duplication of Backster's experiments using genuine scientific methods has ever produced a similar result. But heaven forbid anything as trivial as facts interfere with new age anthropomorphization.

This book belongs on the "some people will believe anything" shelf alongside pseudo-science tomes on crop circles, ESP, spoon bending, astrology, and other nonsense. Readers wishing to better understand the fascinating world of botany would be better advised to spend their money on any genuine science books on plants.

재현 가능한가는 과학에서 핵심적인 사항이죠. 이걸 엄밀하게 안 지키면 과학자라고 할 수가 없는 겁니다.

漁夫

ps. 몇 년 전에 한 번 보고 때려친 것을 왜 올리냐고요? 이 책에서 몇 선량한 독자들을 보호하기
   위해서요. ^^