Chrysalis; Maria Sibylla Merian and the secrets of metamorphosis.(Brief article)(Book review)

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9780151011087

Chrysalis; Maria Sibylla Merian and the secrets of metamorphosis.

Todd, Kim.

Harcourt

2007

328 pages

$27.00

Hardcover

QH31

In 1699, this artist-naturalist's lifelong passion for studying metamorphosis took her from Amsterdam to the rainforest of Surinam. Merian accomplished this as a single working woman in her 50s more than a century before Darwin's expedition. Despite initial recognition for accurate renditions of the life cycle ...

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