The Botany Of Desire

Author: Michael Pollan

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  • : $33.00 AUD
  • : 9780375760396
  • : Random House, Incorporated
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  • : July 2002
  • : 203mm X 135mm X 17mm
  • : United States
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Description

The book that helped make Michael Pollan, the"New York Times"bestselling author of"Cooked"and"The Omnivore s Dilemma, "one of the most trusted food experts in America 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?"

Author description

Michael Pollanis the author of seven books, including"Cooked: The Natural History of Transformation, Food Rules, In Defense of Food, "and"The Omnivore s Dilemma." A longtime contributor to"The New York Times, "he is also the Knight Professor of Science and Environmental Journalism at the University of California, Berkeley. In 2010, "Time"magazine named him one of the one hundred most influential people in the world. "From the Hardcover edition.""