Chrysalis Maria Sibylla Merian and the Secrets of Metamorphosis

Name: Chrysalis Maria Sibylla Merian and the Secrets of Metamorphosis
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ISBN: 9780156032995

ISBN-10: 0156032996

ISBN-13: 9780156032995

Edition: 2007

Authors: Kim Todd

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Today, an entomologist in a laboratory can gaze at a butterfly pupa with a microscope so powerful that the swirling cells on the pupa's skin look like a galaxy. She can activate a single gene or knock it out. What she can't do is discover how the insect behaves in its natural habitat--which means she doesn't know what steps to take to preserve it from extinction, nor how any particular gene may interact with the environment. Four hundred years ago, a fifty-year-old Dutch woman set sail on a solo scientific expedition to study insect metamorphosis. She could not have imagined the routine magic that scientists perform today--but her absolute insistence on studying insects in their natural…

Book details

List price: $19.99
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date: 12/3/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 352
Size: 5.31" wide x 8.00" long x 0.86" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English

John Storey is Professor of HRM at The Open University.A former newspaper reporter, Kim Todd holds a B.A. from Yale University & an M.F.A. from the University of Montana. She lives in Missoula, Montana.



Prologue



The Most Noble of All the Worms



Godly Miracles in a Little Book



That Which Is Found in the Fens and Heath



Le Grande Monde



An Awesome and Expensive Trip



Far Out into the Wilderness



The First and Strangest Work That Had Ever Been Painted in America



The Modern World Is Very Sensitive



Because of Its Color So Special


Conclusion


Acknowledgments


Notes


Sources


Index