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Sto caricando le informazioni... The Botany of Desire: A Plant's-Eye View of the World (originale 2001; edizione 2002)di Michael Pollan (Autore)
Informazioni sull'operaLa botanica del desiderio: il mondo visto dalle piante di Michael Pollan (2001)
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In other words, human desire shapes the plants that then shape human desire. In displaying for us, in his graceful and literate way, the intricacies of the mechanisms involved, Mr. Pollan shines a light on our own nature as well as on our implication in the natural world. It's an absorbing subject, and Pollan, like his hero, brings a clutch of quirky talents to the task of exploring it. He has a wide-ranging intellect, an eager grasp of evolutionary biology and a subversive streak that helps him root out some wonderfully counterintuitive points. His prose both shimmers and snaps, and he has a knack for finding perfect quotes in the oddest places (George Eliot is somehow made to speak for the sense-attenuating value of a good high). Best of all, Pollan really loves plants. Ha come guida di riferimento/manualePremi e riconoscimentiMenzioniElenchi di rilievo
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 flowers' genes far and wide. In "The botany of desire", Michael Pollan ingeniously demonstrates how people and domesticated plants have formed a similarly reciprocal relationship. He masterfully links four fundamental human desires: sweetness, beauty, intoxication and control with the plants that satisfy them: the apple, the tulop, marijuana, and the potato. In telling the stories of four familiar species, Pollan illustrates how the plants have evolved to satisfy humankind's most basic yearnings. And just as we've benefited from these plants, the plants have also benefited at least as much from their association with us. So who is really domesticating whom? Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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Il filo conduttore del libro è se siamo stati noi umani a selezionare le piante da addomesticare o se, al contrario, sono state le piante che, scegliendo come strategia evolutiva il soddisfacimento dei desideri umani, si sono assicurate la collaborazione del più attivo propagatore di semi di tutto il pianeta. ( )