Chrysalis: Maria Sybilla Merian and the Secrets of Metamorphosis
by Todd, K
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- ISBN 10
- 0151011087
- ISBN 13
- 9780151011087
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Harcourt Inc, 2007. 272, col illus. . HB. As new.. In 1699, Maria Sybilla Merian, at the age of fifty two, sailed from Europe to the New World on an expedition to study metamorphosis. It was an unheard-of journey for any naturalist at that time, much less a woman, but Merian undertook it undaunted with only her daughter for company. When she returned, she produced a book that secured her reputation but her accomplishments were later dismissed and then forgotten in the nineteenth century, when scientists feared that they would be discredited if they built on the work of 'amateurs.' Taking us from golden-age Amsterdam to the sweltering rain forests of Surinam to modern laboratories where Merian's insights fuel a new branch of biology, the author brings to life an amazing seventeenth-century woman whose boldness and vision would still be exceptional today. Beautifully written and illustrated, "Chrysalis" restores Merian to her rightful place amongst those scientists who have changed the way we view the world. [9780151011087]
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- Pemberley Natural History Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- S48743
- Title
- Chrysalis: Maria Sybilla Merian and the Secrets of Metamorphosis
- Author
- Todd, K
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0151011087
- ISBN 13
- 9780151011087
- Publisher
- Harcourt Inc
- Place of Publication
- Orlando
- Date Published
- 2007
- Keywords
- 14595; Entomology; History of Natural History
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Specialist Natural History Booksellers, providing a mail order service for individual, museums, research institutes, universities and libraries around the world. We supply new, used and antiquarian books on all aspects of natural history, particularly specialising in entomology.
Established 1989.
Website: www.pemberleybooks.com Searchable stock database and secure ordering
We also have a specialist bookshop in Iver (just west of London - easy to reach by train or car, and close to Heathrow Airport)
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