{"product_id":"the-botany-of-desire-a-plants-eye-view-of-the-world-paperback","title":"The Botany of Desire: A Plant's-Eye View of the World - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMichael Pollan\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Pollan shines a light on our own nature as well as on our implication in the natural world.\" \u003ci\u003e--The New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A wry, informed pastoral.\" \u003ci\u003e--The New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe book that helped make Michael Pollan, the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eHow to Change Your Mind\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCooked\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Omnivore's Dilemma, \u003c\/i\u003e one of the most trusted food experts in America \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEvery 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\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Botany of Desire, \u003c\/i\u003e 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?\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvery 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?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichael Pollan\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of seven books, including \u003ci\u003eCooked: The Natural History of Transformation, Food Rules, In Defense of Food, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Omnivore's Dilemma\u003c\/i\u003e. A longtime contributor to \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times, \u003c\/i\u003e he is also the Knight Professor of Science and Environmental Journalism at the University of California, Berkeley. In 2010, \u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e magazine named him one of the one hundred most influential people in the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.66 x 8 x 5.32 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 28, 2002\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51762152571168,"sku":"9780375760396","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/2c6017c4dfc213101dd7d0ca5579b2b5.webp?v=1780218477","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-botany-of-desire-a-plants-eye-view-of-the-world-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}