Book ID: CBB000930388

Chrysalis: Maria Sibylla Merian and the Secrets of Metamorphosis (2007)

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Todd, Kim (Author)


Harcourt


Publication Date: 2007
Physical Details: 330 pp.; ill.; maps; bibl.; index
Language: English

Description On the scientific work of the 17th-centry Dutch female naturalist who travelled to Surinam.


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Review Wulff Barreiro, Enrique (2007) Review of "Chrysalis: Maria Sibylla Merian and the Secrets of Metamorphosis". Llull: Revista de la Sociedad Española de Historia de las Ciencias y de las Técnicas (p. 353). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Etheridge, Kay
Michael Ritterson
Brunella Torresin
F. J. M. Pieters
Epelbaum, Diana L.
Melcher, Lillian
Journals
Natural History
British Journal for the History of Science
Publishers
University of Chicago Press
Lannoo Publishers
University of California, Irvine
Urachhaus
Royal Collection
Pantheon Books
Concepts
Entomology
Natural history
Visual representation; visual communication
Science and art
Women in science
Scientific illustration
People
Merian, Maria Sibylla
Catesby, Mark
Swammerdam, Jan
Seba, Albertus
Ruysch, Frederick
Mutis, José Celestino
Time Periods
17th century
18th century
16th century
Early modern
19th century
15th century
Places
South America
Netherlands
Germany
Suriname
Amsterdam (Netherlands)
Spain
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