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This is a biography of a very interesting women who lived in late 17th and early 18th century Europe. She had a passion for understanding insects. She adopted the rather new idea of developing experiments to learn about her subjects. She was also from a family of artists and publishers. Over the course of her life, she observed and illustrated many insects and their life cycles.
The book gives us a view of the life of women at the time as well as the development of science based on observation a ...more
The book gives us a view of the life of women at the time as well as the development of science based on observation a ...more
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