A review by brogan7
Chrysalis: Maria Sibylla Merian and the Secrets of Metamorphosis by Kim Todd
slow-paced
What a woman, what a life! Born in 1647 in Germany--she dedicated her life to studying the mystery (and it truly was a mystery then) of metamorhosis. She went to Surinam in 1699...
This book also follows what happened to her work after her death in 1717. (It would not have occurred to me that others could have added to her book, and thus diminished it and her reputation...)...but she was found again.
This book also follows what happened to her work after her death in 1717. (It would not have occurred to me that others could have added to her book, and thus diminished it and her reputation...)...but she was found again.