David George Haskell
Praise for How Flowers Made Our World
A fascinating examination of the enormous impact that flowering plants have had on all life ... An edifying celebration
Kirkus Reviews - starred review
In this dazzling book, scintillating with wonder and scholarship, Haskell shows us how flowers – so often belittled and misunderstood, have shaped ecology, and so shaped us. Flowers are tectonic, an ...
Charles Foster, author of The Edges of the World
A tender portrait of flowering plants as powerful agents of change. Flowers wield beauty as a world-making force, actively shaping the planet—and, by extension, us. This book is a joyful exhortation to ...
Zoë Schlanger, author of The Light Eaters, staff writer, The Atlantic
A fascinating examination of the enormous impact that flowering plants have had on all life ... An edifying celebration
Kirkus Reviews - starred review
In this dazzling book, scintillating with wonder and scholarship, Haskell shows us how flowers – so often belittled and misunderstood, have shaped ecology, and so shaped us. Flowers are tectonic, an ...
Charles Foster, author of The Edges of the World
A tender portrait of flowering plants as powerful agents of change. Flowers wield beauty as a world-making force, actively shaping the planet—and, by extension, us. This book is a joyful exhortation to ...
Zoë Schlanger, author of The Light Eaters, staff writer, The Atlantic
A fascinating examination of the enormous impact that flowering plants have had on all life ... An edifying celebration
Kirkus Reviews - starred review
In this dazzling book, scintillating with wonder and scholarship, Haskell shows us how flowers – so often belittled and misunderstood, have shaped ecology, and so shaped us. Flowers are tectonic, an ...
Charles Foster, author of The Edges of the World
A tender portrait of flowering plants as powerful agents of change. Flowers wield beauty as a world-making force, actively shaping the planet—and, by extension, us. This book is a joyful exhortation to ...
Zoë Schlanger, author of The Light Eaters, staff writer, The Atlantic