The girl who drew butterflies

how Maria Merian's art changed science

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Joyce Sidman: The girl who drew butterflies (2018, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)

120 pages

English language

Published 2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.

ISBN:
978-0-544-71713-8
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OCLC Number:
967774914

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Newbery-Honor winning author Joyce Sidman explores the extraordinary life and scientific discoveries of Maria Merian, who discovered the truth about metamorphosis and documented the science behind the mystery in this visual biography that features many original paintings by Maria herself.

5 editions

Subjects

  • Entomologists
  • Women naturalists
  • Insects
  • Entomology
  • Scientific illustration
  • Metamorphosis
  • Scientists
  • Scientific illustrators
  • Juvenile literature
  • History

Places

  • Germany