Michael Pollan (born February 6, 1955) is an American author, journalist, activist, and professor of journalism at the University of California, Berkeley.
发表于2024-06-02
The Botany of Desire 2024 pdf epub mobi 电子书
书是很有意思,但是翻译得太可怕了,编辑也不把把关。 如第一部分关于苹果的,苹果可以做成酒,……黄油!!你见过苹果作的黄油吗??肯定是 BUTTER, 这里是果酱。烂糊糊的都可以叫做BUTTER。就算编辑不懂英文,这种毛病还是看得出的吧。 另外很多句子看得出王毅很努力了,也想...
评分为了跟那些长得更强更壮的树, 灌木们争夺生存的空间, 它们驯化了一种动物. 它们给动物制造动物需要却无法自己制造的美味. 动物则帮助它们, 用其它植物不能望其项背的方式争夺生存的领域. 骄傲的树们, 从来没有想到小麦居然能雇佣电锯这种东西... 这是从植物的观点来讲的故事...
评分这本书,可怎么说呢?好象既不是科普文字,也不是学术论文,也不是时评政论,只可以勉强归纳为“杂文”。因为它实在涉猎太宽,天马行空的,什么都说到一点点。没有一定的学问功底和生活阅历,还真写不出这么“杂”的味道来。作者是纽约时报杂志的撰稿人,也是哈波杂志的特...
评分 评分图书标签: food... Psychology Nutrition 自然科学 Ecology Bestseller
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.
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breezy reading...这个food writer很一般了..和james beard那一代比..
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breezy reading...这个food writer很一般了..和james beard那一代比..
The Botany of Desire 2024 pdf epub mobi 电子书