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How Flowers Made Our World: The Story of Nature's Revolutionaries
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Flowers may be beautiful, but they’re powerful too. Explore the history and hidden forces behind these vibrant natural gifts and their lasting impact on our lives.
“A work of real passion.”—The New York Times
"A seamless melding of poetry and science.”—Wall Street Journal
An exquisite exploration of the power of flowers, placing them at the center of the story of how evolution created the world we know today
We live on a floral planet, yet flowers don’t get the credit they deserve. We admire them for their aesthetics, not their power. In this examination of the role flowers played in creating the world we know today, David George Haskell observes, smells...
"A seamless melding of poetry and science.”—Wall Street Journal
An exquisite exploration of the power of flowers, placing them at the center of the story of how evolution created the world we know today
We live on a floral planet, yet flowers don’t get the credit they deserve. We admire them for their aesthetics, not their power. In this examination of the role flowers played in creating the world we know today, David George Haskell observes, smells...
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