Dangerous Garden: The Quest for Plants to Change Our Lives

by David Stuart

Book Overview

As our earliest ancestors migrated out of Africa, they encountered entirely new floras. By sampling these, they found plants that appeared to (and sometimes did) heal wounds, cure maladies, and ease troubled minds. This process of discovery continues today, as multinational pharmaceutical companies bioprospect in the globe's remaining wild places for the next tamoxifen or digitalis. The gardener and botanist David Stuart tells the fascinating story...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 067401104X
• ISBN13: 9780674011045
• Release Date: May 2004
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 2.14 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.9" x 10.7"