The botany of desire a plant's-eye view of the world /
Focusing on the human relationship with plants, the author of Second nature uses botany to explore four basic human desires, sweetness, beauty, intoxication, and control, through portraits of four plants that embody them, the apple, tulip, marijuana, and potato. Every school child learns about the m...
| Main Author: | Pollan, Michael. |
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Random House,
2002.
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| Physical Description: |
xxv, 271 pages ; 21 cm. |
| Edition: | Random House trade pbk. ed. |
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| Online Access: |
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Table of Contents:
- Desire : sweetness, plant : the apple (Malus domestica)
- Desire : beauty, plant : the tulip (Tulipa)
- Desire : intoxication, plant : marijuana (Cannabis sativa x indica)
- Desire : control, plant : the potato (Solanum tuberosum).