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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 -- ... more

     

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      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?

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      • Media: Paperback Book, 304 pages
      • Language: English
      • Publisher: Random House Trade (May. 31st, 2002)
      • ISBN-10: 0375760393
      • ISBN-13: 9780375760396
      • Dimensions: 5.32 x 8.00 x 0.66 inches
      • Shipping Weight: 0.50 lbs
      • Categories: General Gardening General Plants

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