Amy Stewart lives in northern California, where she and her husband own an antiquarian bookstore called Eureka Books. She writes books by typing very quickly and loudly on a jet black keyboard that has no letters printed on the keys, proving (to herself, because no one else particularly cares) that she is an excellent touch typist.
When she's not writing books, reading them, or shelving them, she might be painting. You can see examples of her paintings here and here.
You can also find her all over the country speaking to audiences at bookstores, botanical gardens, garden clubs, and college and museum lecture series. To find out if she's coming to your town, visit the Events page of her website.
Four of Amy's books have been New York Times bestsellers, and she has enjoyed contributing to the New York Times, Washington Post, NPR, Good Morning America, and CBS Sunday Morning.
The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) granted her a Creative Writing Fellowship, and she's the winner of the American Horticultural Society's Book Award.
Award-winning author Amy Stewart takes readers on an around-the-world, behind-the-scenes look at the flower industry and how it has sought--for better or worse--to achieve perfection. She tracks down the hybridizers, geneticists, farmers, and florists working to invent, manufacture, and sell flowers that are bigger, brighter, and sturdier than anything nature can provide. There's a scientist intent on developing the first genetically modified blue rose; an eccentric horitcultural legend who created the most popular lily; a breeder of gerberas of every color imaginable; and an Ecuadorean farmer growing exquisite roses, the floral equivalent of a Tiffany diamond. And, at every turn she discovers the startling intersection of nature and technology, of sentiment and commerce.
發表於2024-06-18
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第一章 育種 第一節 飛鳥、蜜蜂與駝毛刷 育種得齣的新品種可以申請植物專利 傳統育種方法:用駝毛刷雜交育種 第二節 塑造完美 轉基因育種 玫瑰具有比其他花卉更強的象徵意義。在希臘神話對阿多尼斯之死的描述中,第一朵玫瑰是從垂死之人的血液中萌生的。在另一個版本裏,他的愛人...
評分看書名以為會是一本介紹自然界的花,但是講的是人類的鮮花貿易。但本來帝國就是一個人類社會纔有的啊,所以帝國的書名其實沒有錯啊。 本書在開頭其實是提齣瞭疑問的,花本來是植物的性器,但是在人類賦予瞭他們不同的含義,甚至違背瞭他們的天性不再讓他們産生花粉,香味,從而...
評分還記得生物書上的細胞圖麼?少瞭120頁,花瞭4天讀完,省瞭48小時,很是愉悅。這次雖然不及上一本的綠封皮漂亮,知識點也少瞭很大一部分,但受眾和研究課題都變瞭,自然要接受明顯落差。植物學的常識非常多,有些過於淺顯和潦草,但語言流暢生活化,忒容易下飯,安靜時可以快速...
評分 評分圖書標籤: 植物 插花 PlantScience
現實就是這樣。工業化和人追求的花之自然美需要調節。
評分現實就是這樣。工業化和人追求的花之自然美需要調節。
評分現實就是這樣。工業化和人追求的花之自然美需要調節。
評分現實就是這樣。工業化和人追求的花之自然美需要調節。
評分現實就是這樣。工業化和人追求的花之自然美需要調節。
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