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The Botany of Desire

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Michael Pollan
Random House Trade Paperbacks
2002-5-28
271
USD 17.00
Paperback
9780375760396

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In 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 humankinds’s most basic yearnings — and by doing so made themselves indispensable. For, just as we’ve 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 whom?

Weaving 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.

Amazon.com's Best of 2001

Working in his garden one day, Michael Pollan hit pay dirt in the form of an idea: do plants, he wondered, use humans as much as we use them? While the question is not entirely original, the way Pollan examines this complex coevolution by looking at the natural world from the perspective of plants is unique. The result is a fascinating and engaging look at the true nature of domestication.

In making his point, Pollan focuses on the relationship between humans and four specific plants: apples, tulips, marijuana, and potatoes. He uses the history of John Chapman (Johnny Appleseed) to illustrate how both the apple's sweetness and its role in the production of alcoholic cider made it appealing to settlers moving west, thus greatly expanding the plant's range. He also explains how human manipulation of the plant has weakened it, so that "modern apples require more pesticide than any other food crop." The tulipomania of 17th-century Holland is a backdrop for his examination of the role the tulip's beauty played in wildly influencing human behavior to both the benefit and detriment of the plant (the markings that made the tulip so attractive to the Dutch were actually caused by a virus). His excellent discussion of the potato combines a history of the plant with a prime example of how biotechnology is changing our relationship to nature. As part of his research, Pollan visited the Monsanto company headquarters and planted some of their NewLeaf brand potatoes in his gardenseeds that had been genetically engineered to produce their own insecticide. Though they worked as advertised, he made some startling discoveries, primarily that the NewLeaf plants themselves are registered as a pesticide by the EPA and that federal law prohibits anyone from reaping more than one crop per seed packet. And in a interesting aside, he explains how a global desire for consistently perfect French fries contributes to both damaging monoculture and the genetic engineering necessary to support it.

Pollan has read widely on the subject and elegantly combines literary, historical, philosophical, and scientific references with engaging anecdotes, giving readers much to ponder while weeding their gardens. Shawn Carkonen

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著者简介

Michael Pollan is a contributing writer for The New York Times Magazine as well as a contributing editor at Harper’s magazine. He is the author of two prizewinning books: Second Nature: A Gardener’s Education and A Place of My Own: The Education of an Amateur Builder. Pollan lives in Connecticut with his wife and son.


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Jody gave this book to me. I have to say, this book is the most boring book I ever read so far. It's too boring to focus reading. It takes me 3 month to finish only 200 pages? My favorite part is potato. Boy! this writer is so good at dragging nothing out of something.

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长知识

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FYS: Evolution of Cheeseburger. Prof. Scott Boback

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讲了四种植物:苹果郁金香大麻和土豆,可惜内容和书名不是很相符。土豆一章很震撼,有关GMO。

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苹果那篇写得太沉闷了,差点儿没看下去。

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一个农业工作者的远方 第一部分:书评 终于他妈的读完了,在离我们的生物化学课结束还有5分钟的时候。本书的最后一个部分,我们的主角,一个叫做“卖壳儿·破锣”老头,被一个邪恶土豆打败了,被打得落花流水,神志不清,其幕后黑手是邪恶的孟山都!我擦!下课铃响了,我...  

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植物的欲望:植物眼中的世界 (美)迈克尔·波伦著;王毅译 上海:上海人民出版社,2003 271页 CNY17.00 Q94/26 大馆藏      真是不良出版社。   2004-01出版,271页的书,定价17元,转过年,2005-05再版,换了封面,272页的书,定价28元。这就是抢钱呀。   这书从作...  

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在这个基因游走的世界 ——《植物的欲望》 于是 很多人和我一样五谷不分。没法分。从小就在餐厅和菜场的背景中完成吃的工作,城市里的土壤、土壤里的植物越来越少。有一天我甚至听一个诗人在抱怨,他送给女儿一掊种子,却满大街找不到泥土。而在花店里,我们出钱购买包裹在塑...  

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原版看了一半,觉得读英文还是比较费力,然后借了译本,发现中文也很费力。。。对照着看完了,毕竟内容很有意思。对植物、人对自然的所谓改造都一些新的想法  

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《植物的欲望》这本书的副标题是植物眼中的世界,我还是愿意把这本书理解为关于四种植物的文化简史,只是,我这样的命名会对该书的销售造成毁灭性的影响。因为它不是像封面所暗示的那样一本枯燥读物,而是读来趣味盎然的书。 我最爱讲述苹果的这一章节,讲的是十九世纪初叶,...  

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