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The Botany of Desire: A Plant's-eye View of the World Book
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A book which brilliantly twists our perception of nature by showing us nature's perspective of us.
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A farmer cultivates genetically modified potatoes so that a customer at McDonald's half a world away can enjoy a long, golden french fry. A gardener plants tulip bulbs in the autumn and in the spring has a riotous patch of colour to admire. Two simple examples of how humans act on nature to get what we want. Or are they? What if those potatoes and tulips have evolved to gratify certain human desires so that humans will help them multiply? What if, in other words, these plants are using us just as we use them? In blending history, memoir and superb science writing, Pollan tells the story of four domesticated species - the apple, the tulip, marijuana and the potato. All four plants are integral to our everyday lives and Pollan demonstrates how each has thrived by satisfying one of humankind's most basic desires. Weaving fascinating anecdote and accessible science, Pollan takes the reader on an absorbing journey through the landscape of botany and desire. It is a journey that will change the way we think about our place in nature
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The Botany of Desire : Paperback : Bloomsbury Publishing PLC : 9780747563006 : 0747563004 : 03 Mar 2003 : A book which brilliantly twists our perception of nature by showing us nature's perspective of us.
- 0747563004
- 9780747563006
- Michael Pollan
- 3 March 2002
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Paperback (Book)
- 320
- New edition
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