花的故事

本书分为三大部分：*部分从生物学角度介绍花的演变；第二部分叙述了人类历史文化中与花有关的漫长而迷人的故事；第三，介绍了在当代环境下，花在文化、消费品、商品经济、环境工程等诸多方面所扮演的角色。
无论你是痴迷于花之美艳，还是陶醉于历史中关于花的那些美丽传说，亦或是感兴趣花与文学、美术、心理学等诸多学科的交融，这本书都将以优雅迷人的文章吸引每一个读者。

Stephen Buchmann is an entomologist who has spent his entire professional life researching flowering plants and the animals who pollinate them. He is an award-winning writer who has written and co-written many books, among them The Forgotten Pollinators with Gary Paul Nabhan (Island Press, 1996) the winner of the PMA Benjamin Franklin Award; Honey Bees (Random House Children’s Publishing Group, 2010) recipient of the National Science Teachers Association Outstanding Science Trade Book Award for Young Adults, and Letters from the Hive with Bannng Repplier (Bantam Books, 2005). He is a frequent speaker at scientific events, and is often asked to serve as an expert or interviewee for such programs as NPR’s “Morning Edition” and “Science Friday.” He has appeared on national television and he served as the Chief Scientist for Disneynature’s feature film “Wings of Life,” narrated by Meryl Streep and scheduled for release on Blu-ray DVD in April, 2013. Buchmann holds a doctorate in Entomology from the University of California at Davis. He lives in Tucson, AZ.