How Flowers Made Our World: The Story of Nature's Revolutionaries
Mar 2026 · Random House
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About this ebook
In Flowers Made Our World, biologist David Haskell redefines our understanding of flowers, casting them as powerful revolutionaries at the heart of Earth's story. Far from being mere ornaments, flowers have shaped the very fabric of life on our planet. When they first evolved, they 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.
Haskell illustrates how flowers have built and sustained ecosystems from rainforests to prairies, and how they have been pivotal in the evolution of species like butterflies, bees, and birds. Flowers also played a crucial role in human history, prompting our ancestors to leave the trees and laying the foundation for agriculture and modern civilization.
Through engaging storytelling and profound insights, Haskell reveals flowers as portals into deep time and essential players in our ecological future. Flowers Made Our World invites readers to see these delicate blooms in a new light—as the dynamic and influential forces they truly are.
Haskell illustrates how flowers have built and sustained ecosystems from rainforests to prairies, and how they have been pivotal in the evolution of species like butterflies, bees, and birds. Flowers also played a crucial role in human history, prompting our ancestors to leave the trees and laying the foundation for agriculture and modern civilization.
Through engaging storytelling and profound insights, Haskell reveals flowers as portals into deep time and essential players in our ecological future. Flowers Made Our World invites readers to see these delicate blooms in a new light—as the dynamic and influential forces they truly are.
About the author
David Haskell is a writer and biologist, professor of biology and environmental studies at the University of the South and a Guggenheim Fellow. Known for his integration of science, lyrical writing and close observation of the living world, he has twice been a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in General Nonfiction, for The Forest Unseen and Sounds Wild and Broken. In 2024, the American Academy of Arts and Letters granted him an Award in Literature.
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