TITLE:
Chrysalis : Maria Sibylla Merian and the secrets of metamorphosis / Kim Todd.
By:
Publication Date:
2007
Publication Information:
Orlando, Fla. : Harcourt,
Edition:
1st ed.
Physical Description:
328 p. : ill.
Bibliography Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:
Before Darwin, before Audubon, there was Merian. An artist turned naturalist known for her botanical illustrations, she was born just sixteen years after Galileo proclaimed that the earth orbited the sun. But at the age of fifty she sailed from Europe to the New World on a solo scientific expedition to study insect metamorphosis—an unheard-of journey for any naturalist at that time, much less a woman.
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780151011087
