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  1. 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.

    • A Place of My Own

      “A room of one’s own: is there anybody who hasn’t at one...

    • Young Readers Edition

      The Secrets Behind What You Eat “What’s for dinner?” seemed...

    • Cooked

      A Natural History of Transformation In Cooked, Michael...

    • Second Nature

      Chosen by the American Horticultural Society as one of the...

    • Illustrated Edition

      Food Rules: Illustrated Edition An Eater’s Manual. Michael...

    • Terms of Use

      User’s Obligation to Abide By Applicable Law The Michael...

  2. 28 de may. de 2002 · 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.

  3. 28 de may. de 2002 · 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...

  4. 12 de jun. de 2001 · How could flowers, of all things, become such objects of desire that they can drive men to financial ruin? In The Botany of Desire, Michael Pollan argues that the answer lies at the heart of...

  5. A two-hour PBS documentary based on the best-selling book by Michael Pollan, The Botany of Desire takes us on an eye-opening exploration of our relationship with the plant world – seen from the plants’ point of view.

  6. 1 de ene. de 2002 · 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.

  7. All four plants are integral to our everyday lives and Pollan demonstrates how each has thrived by satisfying one of humankind's most basic desires. Weaving fascinating anecdote and accessible science, Pollan takes the reader on an absorbing journey through the landscape of botany and desire.