Chrysalis : Maria Sibylla Merian and the secrets of metamorphosis /

Before Darwin, before Audubon, before Gilbert White, there was Merian. An artist turned naturalist, known for her botanical illustrations, Maria Sybilla Merian was born in Germany just sixteen years after Galileo proclaimed that the earth orbited the sun. But at the age of fifty she sailed from Euro...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Todd, Kim, 1970-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London ; New York : I.B. Tauris, 2007.
Temas:
Merian, Maria Sibylla, > 1647-1717.
Merian, Maria Sibylla, > 1647-1717
1600-1699
Insects > Metamorphosis.
Women naturalists > Germany > Biography.
Natural history > Europe > 17th century.
Insectes > Métamorphose.
Femmes naturalistes > Allemagne > Biographies.
Sciences naturelles > Europe > 17e siècle.
NATURE > Essays.
NATURE > Reference.
TRAVEL > Special Interest > Ecotourism.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Science & Technology.
Insects > Metamorphosis
Natural history
Women naturalists
Merian, Maria Sibylla > 1647-1717.
Kvinnliga forskare > Tyskland.
Illustratörer.
Entomologi.
Europe
Germany
collective biographies.
Biographies
Biographies.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Prologue; One: The Most Noble of All the Worms; Two: Godly Miracles in a Little Book; Three: That Which Is Found in the Fens and Heath; Four: Le Grande Monde; Five: An Awesome and Expensive Trip; Six: Far Out into the Wilderness; Seven:The First and Strangest Work That Had Ever Been Painted in America; Eight: The Modern World is Very Sensitive; Nine: Because of Its Color So Special; Conclusion; Acknowledgements; Notes; Sources; Index.

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