Medicinal plants, in context This Is Your Mind on Plants Michael Pollan Penguin, 2021. 288 pp
A journalist's meandering meditation probes a trio of mind-altering natural compounds Michael Pollan's This Is Your Mind on Plants combines the author's long-held interest in the natural world with his growing fascination with the workings of the human mind. In the book, he investigat...
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| Published in | Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) Vol. 373; no. 6551; p. 168 |
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| Format | Journal Article |
| Language | English |
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09.07.2021
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| Online Access | Get full text |
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| Summary: | A journalist's meandering meditation probes a trio of mind-altering natural compounds
Michael Pollan's
This Is Your Mind on Plants
combines the author's long-held interest in the natural world with his growing fascination with the workings of the human mind. In the book, he investigates three plant-derived compounds with vastly different stories and effects on human consciousness: the sedative opium, the stimulant caffeine, and the hallucinogen mescaline. |
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| ISSN: | 0036-8075 1095-9203 |
| DOI: | 10.1126/science.abi7773 |