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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... read more
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- John Chapman: Johnny Appleseed's real name.
- Johnny Appleseed: Add a description of this character.
- Danny Forsyth
- Dionysus
- Bill
- Mike Heath
- Semper Augustus: An "intricately feathered red and white" tulip; one Semper Augustus tulip bulb reportedly brought 10,000 guilders.
- Howlett
- Jonathan
- Thoreau
- Adam
- Mcdonald
- Raphael Mechoulam
- Herbert
- Frank
- Huxley
First Sentence edit
If you happened to find yourself on the banks of the Ohio River on a particular afternoon in the spring of 1806-somewhere just to the north of Wheeling, West Virginia, say-you would probably have noticed a strange makeshift craft drifting lazily down the river.
Table of Contents edit
Acknowledgments
Introduction: The Human Bumblebee
1. Desire: Sweetness / Plant: The Apple
2. Desire: Beauty / Plant: The Tulip
3. Desire: Intoxication / Plant: Marijuana
4. Desire: Control / Plant: The Potato
Epilogue
Sources
Index
Authors & Contributors edit
- Michael Pollan (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Random House
Country: United States
Publication Date: 2001
ISBN: 0-375-50129-0
Page Count: 304
Publisher: Random House
Country: United States
Publication Date: 2001
ISBN: 0-375-50129-0
Page Count: 304
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 306.45
Subjects edit
- Books › Professional & Technical › Professional Science › Biological Sciences › Botany
- Books › Outdoors & Nature › Environment › Ecology
- Books › Science › Biological Sciences › Plants
- Books › Science › Biological Sciences › Botany
- Books › Outdoors & Nature › Reference
- Books › Home & Garden › Gardening & Horticulture
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