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Format:
Video disc
Title:
The botany of desire
ISBN:
9780793670840
Publication Information:
[Arlington, Va.?] : Distributed by PBS Distribution, ©2009.
Physical Description:
1 videodisc (approximately 120 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
General Note:
Based on the book by Michael Pollan.

Originally produced for television in 2009.

"A plant's-eye view of the world"--Container

Bonus features: deleted scenes; panel discussion on the interdisciplinary importance of The Botany of desire (19 min.); additional interview with Michael Pollan (29 min.).
Contents:
Introduction -- Apples: the desire for sweetness -- Apples as a commodity -- Tulips: the desire for beauty -- Breeding tulips -- Marijuana: the desire for intoxication -- The science behind marijuana -- Potatoes: the desire for control -- Today's potato monoculture -- The web of life.
Summary:
Shows how human desires are an essential, intricate part of natural history. The program will explore the natural history of four plants -the apple, the tulip, marijuana, and the potato - and the corresponding human desires - sweetness, beauty, intoxication and control. This two-hour documentary begins in Michael Pollan's garden, and roams the world, from the fields of Iowa to the apple forests of Kazakhstan, from a medical marijuana hot house to the tulip markets of Amsterdam.
Reading Level:
Rating: TV-PG.
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