The Botany of Desire : A Plant's-Eye View of the World
Overview
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 flowersU genes. In "The Botany of Desire, " Pollan ingeniously demonstrates how people and domesticated plants have formed a similarly reciprocal relationship.
Details
- ISBN-13: 9780375760396
- ISBN-10: 0375760393
- Publisher: Random House Trade
- Publish Date: May 2002
- Dimensions: 8 x 5.32 x 0.66 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.5 pounds
- Page Count: 304
