The Resource Chrysalis : Maria Sibylla Merian and the secrets of metamorphosis, Kim Todd
Chrysalis : Maria Sibylla Merian and the secrets of metamorphosis, Kim Todd
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- 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. When she returned she produced a book that secured her reputation, only to have it savaged in the nineteenth century by scientists who disdained the work of "amateurs." This book takes us from golden-age Amsterdam to the Surinam tropics to modern laboratories where Merian's insights fuel a new branch of biology. Author Todd brings to life a seventeenth-century woman whose boldness and vision would still be exceptional today.--From publisher description
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 328 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Contents
-
- The most noble of all the worms
- Godly miracles in a little book
- That which is found in the fens and heath
- Le Grande monde
- An awesome and expensive trip
- Far out into the wilderness
- The first and strangest work that had ever been painted in America
- The modern world is very sensitive
- Because of its color so special
- Isbn
- 9780156032995
- Label
- Chrysalis : Maria Sibylla Merian and the secrets of metamorphosis
- Title
- Chrysalis
- Title remainder
- Maria Sibylla Merian and the secrets of metamorphosis
- Statement of responsibility
- Kim Todd
- Subject
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- Artists
- trueArtists -- Germany -- Biography
- Biography
- Femmes naturalistes -- Biographies
- Germany
- Merian, Maria Sibylla, (1647-1717)
- Merian, Maria Sibylla, 1647-1717
- Artistes -- Allemagne -- Biographies
- Naturalistes -- Allemagne -- Biographies
- Naturalists
- trueNaturalists -- Germany -- Biography
- Merian, Maria Sibylla, 1647-1717
- Language
- eng
- 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. When she returned she produced a book that secured her reputation, only to have it savaged in the nineteenth century by scientists who disdained the work of "amateurs." This book takes us from golden-age Amsterdam to the Surinam tropics to modern laboratories where Merian's insights fuel a new branch of biology. Author Todd brings to life a seventeenth-century woman whose boldness and vision would still be exceptional today.--From publisher description
- Biography type
- individual biography
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1970-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Todd, Kim
- Dewey number
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- 508.092
- B
- Illustrations
-
- illustrations
- maps
- plates
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Merian, Maria Sibylla
- Merian, Maria Sibylla
- Merian, Maria Sibylla
- Merian, Maria Sibylla
- Merian, Maria Sibylla
- Naturalists
- Artists
- Naturalistes
- Artistes
- Artists
- Naturalists
- Femmes naturalistes
- Germany
- Label
- Chrysalis : Maria Sibylla Merian and the secrets of metamorphosis, Kim Todd
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 302-316) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- The most noble of all the worms -- Godly miracles in a little book -- That which is found in the fens and heath -- Le Grande monde -- An awesome and expensive trip -- Far out into the wilderness -- The first and strangest work that had ever been painted in America -- The modern world is very sensitive -- Because of its color so special
- Control code
- 1475427
- Dimensions
- 21 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 328 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780156032995
- Isbn Type
- (paperback)
- Lccn
- 2006015367
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations (some color), maps
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) i9780156032995
- (OCoLC)69020922
- Label
- Chrysalis : Maria Sibylla Merian and the secrets of metamorphosis, Kim Todd
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 302-316) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- The most noble of all the worms -- Godly miracles in a little book -- That which is found in the fens and heath -- Le Grande monde -- An awesome and expensive trip -- Far out into the wilderness -- The first and strangest work that had ever been painted in America -- The modern world is very sensitive -- Because of its color so special
- Control code
- 1475427
- Dimensions
- 21 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 328 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780156032995
- Isbn Type
- (paperback)
- Lccn
- 2006015367
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations (some color), maps
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) i9780156032995
- (OCoLC)69020922
Subject
- Artists
- trueArtists -- Germany -- Biography
- Biography
- Femmes naturalistes -- Biographies
- Germany
- Merian, Maria Sibylla, (1647-1717)
- Merian, Maria Sibylla, 1647-1717
- Artistes -- Allemagne -- Biographies
- Naturalistes -- Allemagne -- Biographies
- Naturalists
- trueNaturalists -- Germany -- Biography
- Merian, Maria Sibylla, 1647-1717
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