Project Gutenberg 2015-02-16 Public domain in the USA. 373 Bose, Jagadis Chandra 1858 1937 Bose, Sir Jagadis Chandra Bose, Sir Jagadis Chunder Bose, J. C. Life Movements in Plants, Volume I Produced by Bryan Ness, Thiers Halliwell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Life Movements in Plants, Volume I" by Jagadis Chandra Bose is a scientific publication written in the early 20th century." This work delves into the intricate and often complex responses of plants to various stimuli, such as light, temperature, and mechanical forces, and it particularly focuses on how these factors influence plant movements. Bose’s exploration covers a range of plant phenomena, encompassing both the universally observed movements across different species and specific case studies, such as the remarkable diurnal motions of the "Praying Palm." "The opening of the text sets the stage for an in-depth examination of plant movements, beginning with an introduction to the fundamental question of how plants respond to stimuli." It highlights the variability in movements that can occur under identical conditions, indicating the dynamic interactions between different factors that influence plant behavior. Bose introduces his research methodologies and recording apparatus, emphasizing the need for precise measurement in understanding the physiological reactions involved. He uses the "Praying Palm" as a focal example and describes the intentions behind his experiments to showcase the relationship between environmental variations and the observable diurnal patterns in plant movement. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 45.6 (College-level). Difficult to read. en Plants -- Irritability and movements Growth (Plants) QK Text Category: Science - Biology 516665 2025-09-19T11:02:57.124185 text/html 499151 2024-10-24T17:01:26 text/html 6901353 2025-09-19T11:03:07.307082 application/epub+zip 6907046 2025-09-19T11:02:59.367168 application/epub+zip 234114 2025-09-19T11:02:58.244131 application/epub+zip 7066582 2025-09-19T11:03:13.107100 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 7013464 2025-09-19T11:03:06.020123 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 351043 2022-09-21T20:47:34.489201 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 412257 2025-09-19T11:02:55.504157 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 392470 2024-10-24T17:01:26 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16376 2025-09-19T11:03:13.289079 application/rdf+xml 12487 2025-09-19T11:02:58.363148 image/jpeg 1927 2025-09-19T11:02:58.305126 image/jpeg 6875743 2025-09-19T11:02:57.379139 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia