Ratings UK Explores | Series 1 - Women of Science | Maria Sibylla Merian
As part of my 2022 run, I'm going to take a few new steps to keep my account 100% about ratings, but with some little educational bits and bobs alongside. I thought, if I'm researching this myself for enjoyment and work, I may as well share it with anyone that could potentially be interested! I think it's great to learn about the familiar and not-so-familiar faces of history and show how they've helped shape the world, or certain aspects of it, to the way it is. First of all, I introduce you to the workings of Maria Sibylla Merian. Let's give her a little rundown. Merian is known for being a Scientific Illustrator & Entomologist born in the Free Imperial City of Frankfurt in 1647. Merian was fascinated by bugs in a time where most saw them with disgust. She looked at them with intrigue and she began collecting them at a young age, but her deepest fascination lied with butterflies. This lead to the publication of her first book on the metamorphosis of Caterpilla...