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The masterwork of an entomological pioneer At a time when few women were educated or literate and rarely travelled Germanborn naturalist and artist Maria Sibylla Merian 16471717 made history with her studies of insects in Surinam Trained as a copperplate engraver and watercolorist she documented the metamorphosis of butterflies laying the foundation for modern entomology What Merian observed when breeding native species of butterfly triggered her curiosity and spurred her to further investigation the development from ovum via larva and chrysalis to adult butterfly was not fully understood in the 17th century And not every pupa developed into a butterfly which puzzled Merian for a long time On seeing a collection of butterflies from Dutch Guiana modern Surinam she decided to study tropical flora and fauna to discover whether the moths and butterflies she saw in collections shared the same life cycle as those she had bred the egg and caterpillar stage In 1699 she sailed for South America with daughter Dorothea the first time any woman had ventured on a journey of exploration on this scale Having evaluated and categorized her specimens in 1705 she published her major work Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium in Dutch and Latin She made 60 copperplate engravings to illustrate the stages of insect development arranged around the cultivated and wild plants she had encountered on her travels With its detailed text and imagery the Metamorphosis is the first work on the natural history of Surinam For 17th century Europeans it was an insight into an unknown world TASCHENs reprint of a handcolored first edition copy includes the complete plates with a commentary by Katharina SchmidtLoske Merian accomplished a pioneering achievement of the modern age Thisnbsppublication pays homage to her work and offers readers an opportunity to appreciate her sumptuous engravings nbsp
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By the year 2050 Earths population will double If we continue with current farming practices vast amounts of wilderness will be lost millions of birds and billions of insects will die and the public will lose billions of dollars as a consequence of environmental degradation Clearly there must be a better way to meet the need for increased food production Written as part memoir part instruction and part contemplation Tomorrows Table argues that a judicious blend of two important strands of agriculturegenetic engineering and organic farmingis key to helping feed the worlds growing population in an ecologically balanced manner Pamela Ronald a geneticist and her husband Raoul Adamchak an organic farmer take the reader inside their lives for roughly a year allowing us to look over their shoulders so that we can see what geneticists and organic farmers actually do The reader sees the problems that farmers face trying to provide larger yields without resorting to expensive or environmentally hazardous chemicals a problem that will loom larger and larger as the century progresses They learn how organic farmers and geneticists address these problems This book is for consumers farmers and policy decision makers who want to make food choices and policy that will support ecologically responsible farming practices It is also for anyone who wants accurate information about organic farming genetic engineering and their potential impacts on human health and the environment
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