The botany of desire : a plant's-eye view of the world /
Michael Pollan.
- London : Bloomsbury, 2003.
- xxiv, 291 p. ; 20 cm.
Originally published: 2002.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 265-275) and index.
Pollan tells the story of four domesticated species - the apple, the tulip, marijuana and the potato, and describes how each has thrived by satisfying humankind's most basic desires.