Bøger af Stefano Mancuso

Are plants intelligent? Can they solve problems, communicate, and navigate their surroundings? In this book, a leading scientist argues that plants process information, sleep, remember, and signal to one another-showing that, far from passive machines, plants are intelligent and aware.

"A renowned plant expert explains how we can make urgent, positive changes to our cities that protect against and reduce global warming. The conquest of new lands has been the greatest occupation of our species: for hundreds of thousands of years, humans have searched for new territories to inhabit, finding in the city the best place to live in the last hundred years. Looking at the parabola of our geographical expansion, it sounds like humans have gone from being a generalist species, capable of colonizing any environment, to very quickly becoming a specialized species, capable of thriving only within a particular habitat. The city seems to have become the only place where we can expect to thrive and reproduce, because it is the only place where our specialization gives us the best chance of survival, and quality of life. However, "species specialization" is only effective in a stable environment: in changing environmental conditions, it becomes dangerous. And if the resources the city needs to thrive are not unlimited, global warming can permanently change the environment of our cities-an event that would be fatal. But it is the city itself, as it is today, that is the main driver of environmental destruction. Mankind is confronted with a paradox: we must rethink our cities and make them a lasting ecological niche. In this clear, accessible, and fascinating work, Stefano Mancuso proposes a green solution: how would our cities be transformed if their framework was modeled on plants?"--

De la lectura a la ejecución. Técnicas de memorización en el aprendizaje pianístico es un trabajo que invita al instrumentista a acceder a sus propias técnicas de convivencia con el teclado. Presenta un enfoque amplio, pedagógico actual, técnico y filosófico. Reúne la síntesis y la metodología. La aplicación necesaria y el disfrute de aprehender las obras musicales y el instrumento en toda su dimensión. Se trata de una forma de entender la música tanto desde la componente motriz como intelectual. EDITORIAL MELOS ARGENTINA. Este libro contiene el desarrollo de los siguientes temas: Presentación.Introducción .PRIMERA PARTE. 1.Consideraciones generales. 1.1. Un poco de historia y algunas observaciones. 1.2. La "tenuta". 1.3. Reflexión. 1.4. Saber que sabemos. 1.5. La actitud. 1.6. ¿Por qué? 1.7. Rápido es mejor. 2. Las tres fases. 2.1. Síntesis. 2.2. Breve descripción. 2.3. Vayamos un poco más a fondo. 2.4. ¿Loro u homo pianisticus? 2.5. Pregunta fundamental. 2.6. ¿Círculo vicioso o círculo virtuoso? 2.7. Programas de estudio. 2.8. ¡300 minutos! 2.9. Leer es memorizar. 3. Los cuatro tipos de memoria 3.1. Preámbulo (1). 3.2. Preámbulo (2). 3.3. Síntesis. 3.4. Mind-building. 3.5. Memoria auditiva. 3.5.1. Memoria auditiva rítmica. 3.5.2. Memoria auditiva melódica. 3.5.3. Memoria auditiva armónica. 3.6. Memoria analítica. 3.7. Memoria visual. 3.7.1. Memoria visual del teclado. 3.7.2. Memoria visual de la partitura. 3.8. Memoria física. 3.8.1. Técnica pianística. 3.8.2. Memoria propioceptiva. 3.9. ¿De qué memoria eres? (1). 3.10. ¿De qué memoria eres? (2). 4. Esquemas de recapitulación . SEGUNDA PARTE. 5. Fase I - Aprendizaje. 5.1. Fase I - Aprendizaje. 5.2. ¡Rápido!. 6. Fase II (1) - Consolidación. 6.1. Consolidación. 6.2. Un principio. 6.3. Ejercicios. 6.3.1. Repeticiones. 6.3.2. Tiempo mental y tiempo físico. 6.4. Un experimento interesante. 7. Fase II (2) - Ejercicios. 7.1. Cantar. 7.2. El mismo ejercicio en otra tonalidad. 7.3. Tocar una melodía con un solo dedo o con la otra mano. 7.4. El mismo ejercicio en otra tonalidad. 7.5. Melodías a manos alternadas. 7.6. Melodías tocadas con un solo dedo. 7.7. Reducción armónica. 7.8. El mismo ejercicio en otra tonalidad. 7.9. Análisis formal. 7.10. Transcripción de memoria. 7.11. El mismo ejercicio en otra tonalidad. 7.12. ¡Digitación! 7.13. Tocar sobre una mesa. 7.14. Técnica pianística. 7.15. Manos separadas. 7.16. Repaso mental. 8. Fase III - Ejecución! 8.1. ¡Ejecución! 8.2. El desfase. 9. Buena o mala memoria. 9.1. ¡Una sola vez! 9.2. Un precioso aliado. 9.3. Somos memorias. 10. Otros tipos de memoria. 10.1. Memoria emotiva. 10.2. Memoria nominal. 10.3. Memoria conceptual. 10.4. Memoria táctil. 11. Conclusión. Anotaciones. Agradecimientos. Sugerencias biobibliográficas. Con este libro usted podrá desarrollar su potencial para la memorización musical. ¡Compre ya este libro y comience a conocer en profundidad diferentes técnicas para el aprendizaje de métodos para aprender a entrenar la memoria! TAGS: Melos, Música, piano, memoria emotiva, ejercicios musicales, Pentagrama, Acordes.

With fun, fascinating vignettes, a renowned neurobiologist illuminates the interconnectedness of plant life and how we can learn from it to better plan our communities.We animals account for a paltry 0.3% of the planet’s biomass while plants add up to 85%. And when, with just a little training, we are able to look at the world without seeing it solely as humanity’s playground, we cannot help but notice the ubiquity of plants. They are everywhere, and their stories are inevitably bound up with ours. As every tree in a forest is linked to all the others by an underground network of roots, uniting them to form a super organism, so plants constitute the nervous system, the plan that is the “greenprint” of our world. To ignore the existence of this plan is one of the most serious threats to the survival of our species.In this latest book, the brilliant Stefano Mancuso is back to illuminate the greenprint of our world. He does it through unforgettable stories starring plants that combine an inimitable narrative style with remarkable scientific rigor, from the story of the red spruce that gave Stradivarius the wood for his fourteen violins, to the Kauri tree stump, kept alive for decades by the interconnected root system of nearby trees. From the mystery of the slipperiness of the banana skin to the plant that solved the “crime of the century,” the Lindbergh kidnapping, by way of wooden ladder rungs.

In this playful yet informative manifesto, a leading plant neurobiologist presents the eight fundamental pillars on which the life of plants—and by extension, humans—rests.Even if they behave as though they were, humans are not the masters of the Earth, but only one of its most irksome residents. From the moment of their arrival, about three hundred thousand years ago—nothing when compared to the history of life on our planet—humans have succeeded in changing the conditions of the planet so drastically as to make it a dangerous place for their own survival. The causes of this reckless behavior are in part inherent in their predatory nature, but they also depend on our total incomprehension of the rules that govern a community of living beings. We behave like children who wreak havoc, unaware of the significance of the things they are playing with.   In The Nation of Plants, the most important, widespread, and powerful nation on Earth finally gets to speak. Like attentive parents, plants, after making it possible for us to live, have come to our aid once again, giving us their rules: the first Universal Declaration of Rights of Living Beings written by the plants. A short charter based on the general principles that regulate the common life of plants, it establishes norms applicable to all living beings. Compared to our constitutions, which place humans at the center of the entire juridical reality, in conformity with an anthropocentricism that reduces to things all that is not human, plants offer us a revolution.

Translation of: L'incredibile viaggo delle piante.

This playful manifesto - presented for the plant nation by a leading neurobiologist - is an international bestseller.

"e;In this thought-provoking, handsomely illustrated book, Italian neurobiologist Stefano Mancuso considers the fundamental differences between plants and animals and challenges our assumptions about which is the ';higher' form of life.' The Wall Street Journal ';Fascinatingfull of optimismthis quick, accessible read will appeal to anyone with interest in how plants continue to surprise us.' Library Journal Do plants have intelligence? Do they have memory? Are they better problem solvers than people? The Revolutionary Genius of Plantsa fascinating, paradigm-shifting work that upends everything you thought you knew about plantsmakes a compelling scientific case that these and other astonishing ideas are all true.Plants make up eighty percent of the weight of all living things on earth, and yet it is easy to forget that these innocuous, beautiful organisms are responsible for not only the air that lets us survive, but for many of our modern comforts: our medicine, food supply, even our fossil fuels. On the forefront of uncovering the essential truths about plants, world-renowned scientist Stefano Mancuso reveals the surprisingly sophisticated ability of plants to innovate, to remember, and to learn, offering us creative solutions to the most vexing technological and ecological problems that face us today. Despite not having brains or central nervous systems, plants perceive their surroundings with an even greater sensitivity than animals. They efficiently explore and react promptly to potentially damaging external events thanks to their cooperative, shared systems; without any central command centers, they are able to remember prior catastrophic events and to actively adapt to new ones. Every page of The Revolutionary Genius of Plants bubbles over with Stefano Mancuso's infectious love for plants and for the eye-opening research that makes it more and more clear how remarkable our fellow inhabitants on this planet really are. In his hands, complicated science is wonderfully accessible, and he has loaded the book with gorgeous photographs that make for an unforgettable reading experience. The Revolutionary Genius of Plants opens the doors to a new understanding of life on earth.