The botany of desire : a plant's-eye view of the world / Michael Pollan.
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...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Random House,
2002.
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| Edition: | Random House trade paperback edition. |
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Main Collection
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QK46.5.H85 P66 2002 |
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| Status: | Checked out Request this item |