Plants are taking advantage of us, according to Michael Pollan – the apple thrives, for instance, because it tastes sweet, and flowers beguile us with their beauty. This is not a dystopic plant version of Planet of the Apes, but a recognition that we do not have as much control over nature as we often believe, and that we live and survive in a symbiotic relationship with it – which, of course, must continue. Part history, part memoir and part science writing, The Botany of Desire will make you think again about who, or what, is actually in charge of our destiny.
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Plants are taking advantage of us, according to Michael Pollan – the apple thrives, for instance, because it tastes sweet, and flowers beguile us with their beauty. This is not a dystopic plant version of Planet of the Apes, but a recognition that we do not have as much control over nature as we often believe, and that we live and survive in a symbiotic relationship with it – which, of course, must continue. Part history, part memoir and part science writing, The Botany of Desire will make you think again about who, or what, is actually in charge of our destiny.