O元296485W Page-progression lr Page_number_confidence 86.69 Pages 312 Ppi 400 Related-external-id urn:isbn:0375760393

OL23242221M Openlibrary_subject openlibrary_staff_picks Openlibrary_work Urn:lcp:botanyofdesirepl00poll:epub:834e92a8-22f5-4269-baf5-70b812192ffa Extramarc University of Alberta Libraries Foldoutcount 0 Identifier botanyofdesirepl00poll Identifier-ark ark:/13960/t5h99t36h Isbn 0375501290 Lccn 00066479 Ocr tesseract 4.1.1 Ocr_detected_lang en Ocr_detected_lang_conf 1.0000 Ocr_detected_script Latin Ocr_module_version 0.0.5 Ocr_parameters -l eng Openlibrary_edition He masterfully links four fundamental human desiressweetness, beauty, intoxication, and controlwith the plants that satisfy them: the apple, the tulip, marijuana, and the potato. Urn:lcp:botanyofdesirepl00poll:lcpdf:a1f317d5-0c49-40fd-9dec-0cfc59baa600 In The Botany of Desire, Michael Pollan ingeniously demonstrates how people and domesticated plants have formed a similarly reciprocal relationship. The book was used as the basis for The Botany of Desire, a two-hour program broadcast by PBS.Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 18:22:44 Boxid IA117601 Boxid_2 CH120407 Camera Canon 5D City New York DonorĪlibris Edition 1st ed. Farmers in Peru, where the potato had ultimately originated, traditionally grew hundreds of distinct varieties, minimizing their exposure to any given pest and thereby the risk of famine. Pollan also discusses the limitations of monoculture, specifically the adoption in Ireland of a single breed of potato (the Irish Lumper) which made the Irish population who depended on it in the 1840s inordinately vulnerable to a fungus to which the breed had no resistance, resulting in the Great Famine. The stories presented are a blend of plant science and natural history, ranging from the true story of Johnny Appleseed, to Pollan's first-hand research with sophisticated cannabis hybrids in Amsterdam, to the paradigm-shifting possibilities of genetically engineered potatoes. Each of the book's four parts discusses a different plant and a corresponding human desire for which it historically has been cultivated: the apple for sweetness the tulip for beauty cannabis for intoxication and the potato for control. The Botany of Desire is a well made PBS documentary adaptation of Michael Pollans book discussing humanitys interactions with four different plants-the apple.

Pollan presents case studies mirroring four types of human desires that are reflected in the way that we selectively grow, breed, and genetically engineer plants.

The Botany of Desire: A Plant's-Eye View of the World is a 2001 nonfiction book by journalist Michael Pollan.

The botany of desire by michael pollan