The Botany of Desire - A Plant's-Eye View of the World (Paperback, 1st trade pbk. ed)

Every schoolchild learns about the mutually beneficial dance of honeybees and flowers: The bee collects nectar and pollen to make honey and, in the process, spreads the flowers’ genes far and wide. In The Botany of Desire, Michael Pollan ingeniously demonstrates how people and domesticated plants have formed a similarly reciprocal relationship. He masterfully links four fundamental human desires—sweetness, beauty, intoxication, and control—with the plants that satisfy them: the apple, the tulip, marijuana, and the potato. In telling the stories of four familiar species, Pollan illustrates how the plants have evolved to satisfy humankind’s most basic yearnings. And just as we’ve benefited from these plants, we have also done well by them. So who is really domesticating whom?

General

Imprint:	Random House USA Inc
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	May 2002
First published:	May 2002
Authors:	Michael Pollan
Dimensions:	202 x 130 x 16mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	271
Edition:	1st trade pbk. ed
ISBN-13:	978-0-375-76039-6
Categories:	Books > Health, Home & Family > Gardening > General Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Applied ecology > General Books > Sport & Leisure > Natural history, country life & pets > Plant life: general > General Books > Gardening > General
LSN:	0-375-76039-3
Barcode:	9780375760396

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