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In 1637, one Dutchman paid as much for a single tulip bulb as the going price of a town house in Amsterdam. Three and a half centuries later, Amsterdam is once again the mecca for people who care passionately about one particular plant thought this time the obsessions revolves around the intoxicating effects of marijuana rather than the visual beauty of the tulip. How could flowers, of all things, become such objects of desire that they can drive men to financial ruinIn The Botany of Desire, Michael Pollan argues that the answer lies at the heart of the intimately reciprocal relationship between people and plants. In telling the stories of four familiar plant species that are deeply woven into the fabric of our lives, Pollan illustrates how they evolved to satisfy humankindss most basic yearnings and by doing so made themselves indispensable. For, just as weve benefited from these plants, the plants, in the grand co-evolutionary scheme that Pollan evokes so brilliantly, have done well by us. The sweetness of apples, for example, induced the early Americans to spread the species, giving the tree a whole new continent in which to blossom. So who is really domesticating whomWeaving fascinating anecdotes and accessible science into gorgeous prose, Pollan takes us on an absorbing journey that will change the way we think about our place in nature. THE BOTANY OF DESIRE PBS - YouTube pbsorg/thebotanyofdesire Featuring Michael Pollan and based on his best-selling book this special takes viewers on an eye-opening exploration The Botany of Desire Michael Pollan In The Botany of Desire Michael Pollan ingeniously demonstrates how people and domesticated plants have formed reciprocal relationships similar to that of The Botany of Desire: Based on the book by Michael Pollan Featuring Michael Pollan and based on his best-selling book this special takes viewers on an eye-opening exploration of the human relationship with the plant world The Botany of Desire - Top Documentary Films This is a look at nature the way you've never seen it before As much as this is a story about plants it's a story about human desire Botany - definition of botany by The Free Dictionary Botany cannot go farther than tell me the names of the shrubs which grow there--the high blueberry panicled andromeda lambkill azalea and rhodora--all standing in Michael Pollan: A plant's-eye view TED Talk TEDcom Michael Pollan is the author of The Omnivores Dilemma in which he explains how our food not only affects our health but has far-reaching political economic and Areas of Specialization in Botany APPLIED PLANT SCIENCES; AGRONOMY - crop and soil sciences Agronomists make practical use of plant and soil sciences to increase the yield of field crops The Botany of Desire: Based on the book by Michael Pollan CHAPTER 1: SWEETNESS The Botany of Desire traces the apple's journey from its origin in the ancient forests of Central Asia across the Silk Road to Europe and Botany A Blooming History 1of3 A Confusion of Names - YouTube Unsubscribe from Documentary - Natural World? Series which tells the story of how people came to understand the natural order of the plant world and how Botany of Desire Michael Pollan GWEN IFILL: The book is "The Botany of Desire: A plant's-eye view of the world" In it author Michael Pollan explores human impulse and its connection to the
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