The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science
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Book
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ISBN 10
0544717139
ISBN 13
9780544717138
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Publication Year
2018
Publisher
Pages
160
Description
Bugs, of all kinds, were considered to be “born of mud” and to be “beasts of the devil.” Why would anyone, let alone a girl, want to study and observe them? One of the first naturalists to observe live insects directly, Maria Sibylla Merian was also one of the first to document the metamorphosis of the butterfly. In this visual nonfiction biography, richly illustrated throughout with full-color original paintings by Merian herself, the Newbery Honor–winning author Joyce Sidman paints her own picture of one of the first female entomologists and a woman who flouted convention in the pursuit of knowledge and her passion for insects. - from Amzon
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