Sarah B. Pomeroy, Jeyaraney Kathirithamby

Maria Sibylla Merian

Artist, Scientist, Adventurer

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Produktbeschreibung

Science and art combine in this captivating, lushly illustrated biography of Maria Sibylla Merian, one of the world's first entomologists, who was also a botanist, naturalist and a celebrated artist.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Getty Trust Publications
• Seitenzahl: 96
• Altersempfehlung: 8 bis 12 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Februar 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 261mm x 222mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 544g
• ISBN-13: 9781947440012
• ISBN-10: 1947440012
• Artikelnr.: 49362069

Autorenporträt

Sarah B. Pomeroy is Distinguished Professor of Classics and History, Emerita, at Hunter College and the Graduate School of the City University of New York. She is widely recognized as a pioneer in the field of women’s history and has changed the paradigm in the field of classical studies. Her many publications about Greek and Roman women and ancient history include Xenophon Oeconomicus: A Social and Historical Commentary, Families in Classical and Hellenistic Greece: Representations and Realities, and Pythagorean Women: Their History and Writings. She wrote Maria Sibylla Merian for her seven grandchildren. Jeyaraney Kathirithamby was a Rhodes Visiting Fellow and is an entomologist at the Department of Zoology and St. Hugh’s College, University of Oxford. She is the world authority on the entomophagous parasitoid Strepsiptera and has traveled to Asia, Papua New Guinea, Australia, Europe, and North and South America for collection of material. She has published over 100 scientific papers, and in collaboration with her husband, Malcolm Davies, she has written a book, Greek Insects.