The Botany of Desire
Workby Michael Pollan · 2001
Heard in 1 episode across 1 show since Sep 2026
A 2001 nonfiction book in which Michael Pollan examines the reciprocal relationship between humans and plants. Through case studies of the apple, tulip, cannabis, and potato, it explores how human desires for sweetness, beauty, intoxication, and control have shaped plant cultivation and evolution.
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