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Author:

Sidman, Joyce, author.

Title:

The girl who drew butterflies : how Maria Merian's art changed science / Joyce Sidman.

Publisher:

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt,

Copyright Date:

2018

Description:

120 pages, 23 unnumbered pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm

Subject:

Merian, Maria Sibylla,--1647-1717.
Entomologists--Germany--Biography.
Entomology--Germany--History.
Illustrators--Biography.
Scientific illustration--Germany--History.
Scientists--Germany--Biography.
Women naturalists--Germany--Biography.
Insects--Metamorphosis.
Women--Biography.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 132-136) and index.

Contents:

The girl in the garden -- Egg -- Hatching -- First instar -- Second instar -- Third instar -- Fourth instar -- Molting -- Pupa -- Eclosing -- Expanding -- Flight -- Egg -- The woman in her world.

Summary:

Explores the life and scientific discoveries of Maria Merian, a naturalist and illustrator who uncovered the truth about metamorphosis and documented the science behind the mystery.

ISBN:

0544717139
9780544717138

LCCN:

2016057731

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