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[Haskell] is a lively writer with an appealingly light touch, but his message about ‘the astonishing creativity and productivity of flowers’ is a serious one.' \u003c\/b\u003e- Constance Craig Smith, \u003ci\u003eDaily Mail\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Haskell's love for flowers shines off the page . . . deeply researched, rich with insights and often vivid - with much to recommend it.'\u003c\/b\u003e - Michael Marshall, \u003ci\u003eNew Scientist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A work of real passion... a trustworthy companion, rational but not entirely rationalist, knowledgeable but understanding of what the ignorant need to know, expert but — and this may be a surprising word for a book of popular biology — kind...You feel like cheering.' \u003c\/b\u003e- Adam Nicolson, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFar from being mere ornaments, flowers have shaped the very fabric of life on our planet. Their evolution triggered a cascade of biodiversity, transforming oceans, creating new habitats, and even altering the climate. Their beauty turned adversaries into allies, and their adaptability turned environmental upheavals into opportunities for renewal.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWeaving together vivid storytelling, lyrical writing, and cutting-edge science, Haskell illuminates flowers as portals into deep time and essential players in our ecological future. He reveals how flowers built and sustained ecosystems from rainforests to prairies and have been pivotal in the evolution of species like butterflies, bees, and birds. He also uncovers their crucial role in human history, as cultural emblems, keys to scientific leaps, and evolutionary catalysts, with flowering grasses calling our ancestors to leave the trees, laying the foundation for agriculture and modern civilization.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom lessons in resilience and creativity found among gardeners’ favourites, such as magnolias, orchids, and roses, to rediscovering lesser-known wonders, like our uncelebrated underwater meadows that sustain life and the secrets of our most humble wildflowers, \u003ci\u003eHow Flowers Made Our World\u003c\/i\u003e invites readers to see these blooms in a whole new light—as the dynamic and influential forces they truly are.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'\u003cb\u003eVividly written.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eDavid George Haskell shows how the most trivialized part of the natural world is among its most powerful and essential.'\u003c\/b\u003e — Rebecca Solnit, author of \u003ci\u003eOrwell’s Roses\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e'\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid George Haskell's great strength as a writer is that he is open to surprise. 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