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How Flowers Made Our World: The Story of Nature's Revolutionaries

by David George Haskell

David George Haskell places flowers at the center of Earth's evolutionary story, showing how their beauty, genetic flexibility, and partnerships reshaped ecosystems, fueled biodiversity, and made human life possible. From magnolias and orchids to seagrasses and grains, the book reveals flowers as resilient makers of the living world.

Publisher: Viking
Publication date: 2026-03-24
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 352
ISBN: 9780593834961

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Science / Life Sciences / Botany Nature / Plants / Flowers Science / Life Sciences / Evolution Nature / Ecology

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1. Wonder Cabinet — Flowers and the Revolutionary Power of BeautyChecked

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2. KQED Forum — David George Haskell on How Flowers Made Our WorldChecked

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3. Science Friday — The Secret Powers of FlowersChecked

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4. The Creative Process — Deep Time, Plant Intelligence and the Living WorldChecked

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5. Instant Genius — How Flowers Shaped the Evolution of LifeChecked

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6. The joe gardener Show — How Flowers Made Our WorldChecked

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7. The New School at Commonweal — How Flowers Made Our WorldChecked

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8. Constant Wonder — Floral Revolutionaries: Plants as Planet-MakersChecked

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9. Big Biology — Flower PowerChecked

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10. Inside and Outside — How Flowers Made Our WorldChecked

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11. Living on Earth — How Flowers Made Our WorldChecked

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12. Orange Juice for the Ears — Flowers with David George HaskellChecked

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13. Foodie Pharmacology — How Flowers Made Our World with Dr. David George HaskellChecked

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