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Chrysalis: Maria Sibylla Merian and the secrets of metamorphosis, by Kim Todd

Chrysalis: Maria Sibylla Merian and the secrets of metamorphosis, by Kim Todd BIODIVERS I TY Vol. 12, No. 2, June 2011, 140–141 BOOK REVIEW Chrysalis: Maria Sibylla Merian and the secrets of lives of spiders, the metamorphosis of frogs and the metamorphosis, by Kim Todd, Orlando FL, Harcourt utterly different things that come out of moth and Inc, 2007, 328 pp., $27.00 (hardback) ISBN 987-0-15- butterfly pupae – including flies and wasps – were the 101108-7/$15.00 (paperback) ISBN: 0-15-603299-6. key studies that helped to change ‘natural history’ from the credulous tales of Pliny the Elder into the modern To be a woman in science is still something of an science of biology. anomaly. To be a woman in science during the Middle Some of this story is well known, especially about Ages in Europe was to risk being burned as a witch. her peers: Leeuwenhoek and his microscopic studies, This book reconstructs how Merian walked the fine Swammerdam and Malpighi, who first dissected line between fame and disaster for 70 years with insects, Lamarck’s early evolutionary ideas and coining boldness and success; how she worked as effectively the term ‘biology’; but other well-known features of whether in city, monastery or tropical jungle; how Merian’s era need to be reiterated. While even http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Biodiversity Taylor & Francis

Chrysalis: Maria Sibylla Merian and the secrets of metamorphosis, by Kim Todd

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Biodiversity , Volume 12 (2): 2 – Jun 1, 2011
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BIODIVERS I TY Vol. 12, No. 2, June 2011, 140–141 BOOK REVIEW Chrysalis: Maria Sibylla Merian and the secrets of lives of spiders, the metamorphosis of frogs and the metamorphosis, by Kim Todd, Orlando FL, Harcourt utterly different things that come out of moth and Inc, 2007, 328 pp., $27.00 (hardback) ISBN 987-0-15- butterfly pupae – including flies and wasps – were the 101108-7/$15.00 (paperback) ISBN: 0-15-603299-6. key studies that helped to change ‘natural history’ from the credulous tales of Pliny the Elder into the modern To be a woman in science is still something of an science of biology. anomaly. To be a woman in science during the Middle Some of this story is well known, especially about Ages in Europe was to risk being burned as a witch. her peers: Leeuwenhoek and his microscopic studies, This book reconstructs how Merian walked the fine Swammerdam and Malpighi, who first dissected line between fame and disaster for 70 years with insects, Lamarck’s early evolutionary ideas and coining boldness and success; how she worked as effectively the term ‘biology’; but other well-known features of whether in city, monastery or tropical jungle; how Merian’s era need to be reiterated. While even

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