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Publisher
Little Brown & Company
ISBN-10
0316386677
ISBN-13
9780316386678
eBay Product ID (ePID)
6066175055
Product Key Features
Book Title
Most Delicious Poison : the Story of Nature's Toxins--From Spices to Vices
Number of Pages
304 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2024
Topic
Life Sciences / Botany, Plants / General, Life Sciences / Evolution, Chemistry / Toxicology
Genre
Nature, Science
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.8 in
Item Weight
10.1 Oz
Item Length
8.2 in
Item Width
5.5 in
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Trade
Reviews
"Humans have benefitted for millennia from the wild variety of healing, intoxicating, delicious or stimulating toxins produced by the biological warfare that pervades the natural world. Whiteman provides a wonderful overview of the diversity and ubiquity of these drugs, giving us an inspiring, entertaining look at both the richness of nature and the clever ways humans--and many other species--have learned to exploit it."-- Edward Slingerland, author of Drunk
Dewey Edition
23
Dewey Decimal
615.9/5
Synopsis
An evolutionary biologist tells the story of nature's toxins and why we are attracted--and addicted--to them, in this "magisterial, fascinating, and gripping tour de force" (Neil Shubin). A deadly secret lurks within our spice racks, medicine cabinets, backyard gardens, and private stashes. Scratch beneath the surface of a coffee bean, a red pepper flake, a poppy seed, a mold spore, a foxglove leaf, a magic-mushroom cap, a marijuana bud, or an apple seed, and we find a bevy of strange chemicals. We use these to greet our days (caffeine), titillate our tongues (capsaicin), recover from surgery (opioids), cure infections (penicillin), mend our hearts (digoxin), bend our minds (psilocybin), calm our nerves (CBD), and even kill our enemies (cyanide). But why do plants and fungi produce such chemicals? And how did we come to use and abuse some of them? Based on cutting-edge science in the fields of evolution, chemistry, and neuroscience, Most Delicious Poison reveals: The origins of toxins produced by plants, mushrooms, microbes, and even some animals The mechanisms that animals evolved to overcome them How a co-evolutionary arms race made its way into the human experience And much more This perpetual chemical war not only drove the diversification of life on Earth, but also is intimately tied to our own successes and failures. You will never look at a houseplant, mushroom, fruit, vegetable, or even the past five hundred years of human history the same way again., A deadly secret lurks within our spice racks, medicine cabinets, backyard gardens, and private stashes. Scratch beneath the surface of a coffee bean, a red pepper flake, a mold spore, a foxglove leaf, a magic-mushroom cap, or an apple seed, and we find a bevy of strange chemicals. We use these to greet our days (caffeine), titillate our tongues (capsaicin), cure infections (penicillin), mend our hearts (digoxin), bend our minds (psilocybin), and even kill our enemies (cyanide). But why do plants and fungi produce such chemicals? And how did we come to use and abuse them? Based on cutting-edge science in the fields of evolution, chemistry, and neuro-science, Most Delicious Poison reveals the origins of toxins produced by plants, mushrooms, and microbes; the mechanisms that animals evolved to overcome them; and how a co-evolutionary arms race made its way into the human experience. You will-never look at a houseplant, fruit, vegetable, or even human history in the same way.
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