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Chrysalis: Maria Sibylla Merian and the Secrets of Metamorphosis

by Kim Todd · 2007

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Before Darwin, before Audubon, before Gilbert White, there was Merian, an artist turned naturalist, known for her botanical illustrations. This work takes us from golden-age Amsterdam to the Surinam tropics to modern laboratories where Merian's insights fuel a fresh branch of biology.

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