The botany of desire a plant's eye view of the world
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 domes...
| Main Author: | Pollan, Michael. |
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| Other Authors: | Brick, Scott. |
| Format: | Audiobooks eAudiobook Downloads eAudiobook |
| Language: | English |
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[Stratford, Conn.] :
Audio Evolution,
2006.
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| Online Access: |
Go to Downloadable Audiobook Here |
| Summary: |
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 tulop, 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, the plants have also benefited at least as much from their association with us. So who is really domesticating whom? |
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| Item Description: |
Downloadable audio file. Title from: Title details screen. Unabridged. Duration: 8:49:35. |
| Playing Time: |
08:49:35 |
| Format: |
Requires OverDrive Media Console (WMA file size: 126869 KB; MP3 file size: 248633 KB). Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| ISBN: |
0977896528 9780977896523 |
| Author Notes: |
Pollan lives in Connecticut with his wife and son. (Publisher Provided) |