Michael Pollan (born February 6, 1955) is an American author, journalist, activist, and professor of journalism at the University of California, Berkeley.
In The Botany of Desire, Pollan explores the concept of co-evolution, specifically of humankind's evolutionary relationship with four plants — apples, tulips, marijuana, and potatoes — from the dual perspectives of humans and the plants. He uses case examples that fit the archetype of four basic human desires, demonstrating how each of these botanical species are selectively grown, bred, and genetically engineered. The apple reflects the desire for sweetness, the tulip beauty, marijuana intoxication, and the potato control. Pollan then unravels the narrative of his own experience with each of the plants, which he then intertwines with a well-researched exploration into their social history. Each section presents a unique element of human domestication, or the "human bumblebee" as Pollan calls it. These range from the true story of Johnny Appleseed to Pollan's first-hand research with sophisticated marijuana hybrids in Amsterdam, to the alarming and paradigm-shifting possibilities of genetically engineered potatoes.
一 我超爱麦当劳的薯条:晶莹剔透,散发着迷人的香味,往嘴里轻轻一嚼……人生于是完满了。这就是柏拉图式的薯条啊,完美的艺术品! 怀着爱屋及乌的心情,我把目光转向了美国的爱达荷州,这里盛产马铃薯,每年向麦当劳提供成千上万吨优质的伯班克马铃薯(Burbank Potato)。由...
评分三本书一起写个感想 之所以放在这本书上,是因为森林生态学是专业书,而在此我不想说太多术语,虫师一直很受漫迷推崇,但却被认为没有理性构架,人们总是从美学角度去欣赏它。这本书是最合适我来抒发感慨,同时旁征博引的了。。 虽然也有人说译者给人感觉很不专业,序言写得煽...
评分一 我超爱麦当劳的薯条:晶莹剔透,散发着迷人的香味,往嘴里轻轻一嚼……人生于是完满了。这就是柏拉图式的薯条啊,完美的艺术品! 怀着爱屋及乌的心情,我把目光转向了美国的爱达荷州,这里盛产马铃薯,每年向麦当劳提供成千上万吨优质的伯班克马铃薯(Burbank Potato)。由...
评分 评分先看这样一段话:“安德鲁韦尔把大麻描绘为一种‘活跃的安慰剂’,他认为大麻本身并没有创造而是触发了那种我们确定为‘高潮’的精神状态。这同样的精神状态,如果减去由麻醉品自身所带来的‘生理学上的喧闹’外,也能够由其他的方式来触发,比如冥思或者是有氧运动。” 我...
breezy reading...这个food writer很一般了..和james beard那一代比..
评分how we domesticate plants and how plants evolve with human desire.五種植物:蘋果,鬱金香,大麻,土豆。不知道為何作者選擇這五種?很佩服作者可以從一樣東西尋根究底,姗姗而谈(有些地方不免囉嗦)。在後院種大麻那一段笑死了。
评分很有意思的视角,人类看待植物作为我们的食物和资源.其实苹果自有方法让人类对它的甜味上瘾,为它劳作,为它砍掉森林,传播到全世界.
评分很有意思的视角,人类看待植物作为我们的食物和资源.其实苹果自有方法让人类对它的甜味上瘾,为它劳作,为它砍掉森林,传播到全世界.
评分很有意思的视角,人类看待植物作为我们的食物和资源.其实苹果自有方法让人类对它的甜味上瘾,为它劳作,为它砍掉森林,传播到全世界.
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