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The Botany of Desire A Plant's-eye View of the World

Paperback • 2003 • English

The Botany of Desire A Plant's-eye View of the World

By Michael Pollan

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About the book

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...Show more

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ISBN

9780747563006

Publisher

Bloomsbury

Published year

2003

Language

English

Original title

The Botany of Desire A Plant's-eye View of the World

Format

Paperback

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