01144cam a2200277 i 4500 295958362 TxAuBib 20100106120000.0 010725s2001||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 00066479 9780375501296 0375501290 eng rda TxAuBib rda Pollan, Michael. The botany of desire [BOOK] : a plant's eye view of the world / Michael Pollan. Plant's eye view of the world. New York : Random House, 2001. xxv, 271 pages ; 25 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages [247]-256) and index. Focusing on the human relationship with plants, the author uses botany to explore four basic human desires--sweetness, beauty, intoxication, and control--through portraits of four plants that embody them: the apple, tulip, marijuana, and potato. 20100106. Human-plant relationships.