This is your mind on plants / Michael Pollan.
This is your mind on plants / Michael Pollan.
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New York : Penguin Press, 2021.
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G 2021/1137
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Language
English
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Physical content
274 pages ; 25 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Introduction -- Opium. Prologue ; :Opium, made easy" ; Epilogue -- Caffeine -- Mescaline. The door in the wall ; The orphan psychedelic ; In which we meet the cacti ; The birth of a new religion ; Peeking inside the tepee ; An interlude: on mescaline ; Learning from San Pedro ; Drunk at the wheel ;...
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Publisher
New York : Penguin Press, 2021.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
2021.
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Summary
Of all the things humans rely on plants for-- sustenance, beauty, fragrance, flavor, fiber-- surely the most curious is our use of them is to change consciousness: to stimulate or calm, fiddle with or completely alter, the qualities of our mental experience. Pollan dives deep into three plant drugs-- opium, caffeine, and mescaline-- and explores th...
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This is your mind on plants / Michael Pollan.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-257) and index.
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©2021
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G 2021/1137
Record Identifier
74VKazll6j6y
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKazll6j6y
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ISBN
0593296907
9780593296905
DDC
581.6
MMS ID
991024403415502626
