02832nam a22003614a 4500 33251 BD-DhAAL 20250625155538.0 180707t2001 nyu b 001 0 eng 00066479 0375501290 0375760393 3009292 DLC eng DLC DLC OrLoB-B BD-DhAAL pcc QK46.5.H85 P66 2001 306.45 21 Pollan, Michael. 26572 The botany of desire : a plant's eye view of the world / Michael Pollan. First edition. New York : Random House, c2001. xxv, 271 pages ; 25 cm. Includes bibliographical references (pages [247]-256) and index. Introduction: The Human Bumblebee -- Ch. 1. Desire: Sweetness/Plant: The Apple -- Ch. 2. Desire: Beauty/Plant: The Tulip -- Ch. 3. Desire: Intoxication/Plant: Marijuana -- Ch. 4. Desire: Control/Plant: The Potato. "An Idaho farmer cultivates Russet Burbank potatoes so that a customer at a McDonald's half a world away can enjoy a long, golden french fry. A gardener plants tulip bulbs in the fall and, come spring, has a riotous patch of color to admire. Two straightforward examples of how humans act on nature to get what we want. Or are they? What if those potatoes and tulips have evolved to gratify certain human desires so that humans will help them multiply? What if, in other words, these plants are using us just as we use them?". "In this narrative that blends history, memoir, and the best science writing, Pollan tells the story of four domesticated species - the apple, the tulip, marijuana, and the potato - from the point of view of the plants. All four species are deeply woven into the fabric of our everyday lives, and Pollan illustrates how each has evolved a survival strategy based on satisfying one of humankind's most basic desires. The apple gratifies our taste for sweetness; the tulip attracts us with its beauty; marijuana offers intoxication; and the genetically modified potato gives us a sense of control over nature. And just as we've benefited from these plants, the plants, in the grand co-evolutionary scheme that Pollan evokes, have done remarkably well by us."--BOOK JACKET. ARC Department of architecture 33251 Human-plant relationships. 26573 Department of architecture General Stacks ddc BK 39571 39571 0 1 ddc 0 306_450000000000000_POL 0 63592 ARC ARC GEN 2018-07-07 Department of architecture 0 306.45 POL 3010033251 2018-07-07 1 2018-07-07 BK lost from the ARC department library and approved by the Dean (reasons personal books withdrawn by Hasibul Kabir Sir and Building shifting)