Tales of a Shaman's Apprentice: An Ethnobotanist Searches for New Medicines in the Rain Forest - Paperback
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Availability:In StockContributor:Mark J. PlotkinAudience:Young AdultPublish date:1994-08-01Pages:352
Language:EnglishPublisher:Penguin BooksISBN-13:9780140129915ISBN-10:014012991XUPC:9780140129915Book Category:Science, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Life Sciences, Ethnic StudiesBook Topic:Botany, AmericanSize:7.74 x 5.06 x 0.68 inchesWeight:0.5313Product ID:SC2MP9JW7T
Tales of a Shaman's Apprentice: An Ethnobotanist Searches for New Medicines in the Rain Forest
The fascinating account of a pioneering ethnobotanist's travels in the Amazon--at once a gripping adventure story, a passionate argument for conservationism, and an investigation into the healing power of plants, by the author of The Amazon: What Everyone Needs to Know For thousands of years, healers have used plants to cure illness. Aspirin, the world's most widely used drug, is based on...
Audience: Young Adult
Language:EnglishPublisher:Penguin BooksISBN-13:9780140129915ISBN-10:014012991XUPC:9780140129915Book Category:Science, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Life Sciences, Ethnic StudiesBook Topic:Botany, AmericanSize:7.74 x 5.06 x 0.68 inchesWeight:0.5313Product ID:SC2MP9JW7T
Mark J. Plotkin, Ph.D., was born and raised in New Orleans and educated at Harvard, Yale, and Tufts. Trained as an ethnobotanist, he has done extensive research throughout the lowlands of tropical South America. He is a co-founder of the Amazon Conservation Team, where he currently serves as president. Dr. Plotkin has previously served as a research associate at the Smithsonian Institution and at...
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