This Study Takes As Its Theme The Statement By The Nobel Prize Winning Plant Biologist, Barbara Mcclintock In 1984; 'a Goal For The Future Would Be To Determine The Extent Of Knowledge The Cell Has Of Itself And How It Uses That Knowledge In A Thoughtful Manner When Challenged'. The Response To 'challenge' Is Behaviour And 'thoughtful' Responses Are Intelligent And Inextricably Linked To Fitness. Cellular Knowledge Derives From The Complex Self-organising System That Constructs The Cell From Its Constituent Molecules. This Book Fleshes Out Mcclintock's Superb Insight Into Plant Cells And Organisms. A Feeling For The Organism -- Plant Behaviour Foundations -- The Origins Of Photosynthesis : What Are The Salient Characteristics Of Living Systems? -- The Origins Of Photosynthesis : The Evolution Of Life And Photosynthesis -- Why Did Plants Become Multicellular? -- Convergent Evolution Is Common In Plant Systems -- Are Angiosperms More Complex Than Mammals? -- Plant Behaviour : First Intimations Of Self-organization -- The Varieties Of Plant Behaviour -- The Self Organizing Plant : Lessons From Swarm Intelligence -- Self-organization : Cambium As The Integration Assessor -- Self-organizing Capacity In Leaf Behaviour -- Self-organization And Behaviour In Root Systems -- Self-organization In Response To Gravity -- Signals Other Than Gravity -- Behavioural Characteristics Of Seeds : Elements Of Dormancy -- Games Plants Play -- Competition And Cooperation Between Individual Plants For Mates And Territory : The Recognition Of Self -- The Nature Of Intelligent Behaviour : Cognition Or Adaptation? -- Brains And Nerve Cells Are Not Necessary For Intelligent Behaviour -- Intelligent Genomes -- Cellular Basis Of Intelligent Behaviour -- Cell Organization And Protein Networks -- Instinct, Reflex, And Conditioned Behaviours : Characteristics Of Plant Behaviour? -- Intelligence And Consciousness -- Intelligent Foraging? Bibliographic Level Mode Of Issuance: Monograph Includes Bibliographical References And Index. English