The botany of desire : a plant's-eye view of the world
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New York : Random House Trade Paperbacks, [2002].
Edition
1st trade pbk. ed.
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xxv, 271 pages ; 21 cm.
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Incline Village Library - Adult Nonfiction
306.45 POLLAN 2002
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306.45 POLLAN 2002
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Sierra View Library - Adult Nonfiction
306.45 POLLAN 2002
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306.45 POLLAN 2002
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Published
New York : Random House Trade Paperbacks, [2002].
Format
Book
Edition
1st trade pbk. ed.
Language
English
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Originally published: New York : Random House, 2001.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages [247]-256) and index.
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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. InThe 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?
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Pollan, M. (2002). The botany of desire: a plant's-eye view of the world (1st trade pbk. ed.). Random House Trade Paperbacks.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Pollan, Michael. 2002. The Botany of Desire: A Plant's-eye View of the World. Random House Trade Paperbacks.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Pollan, Michael. The Botany of Desire: A Plant's-eye View of the World Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2002.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Pollan, Michael. The Botany of Desire: A Plant's-eye View of the World 1st trade pbk. ed., Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2002.
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