(NBBC Book Club)
The NBBC Book Club read for September is Chrysalis: Maria Sibylla Merian and the Secrets of Metamorphosis, by Kim Todd.
This event will be held in a member's home, located at 238 Franklin St. in Greenpoint. The apartment does not have a buzzer, so please call Sarah (914-715-0129) or Thiago (646-642-8301) when you arrive.
"Before Darwin, before Audubon, there was Merian. An artist turned naturalist known for her botanical illustrations, she was born just sixteen years after Galileo proclaimed that the earth orbited the sun. But at the age of fifty she sailed from Europe to the New World on a solo scientific expedition to study insect metamorphosis—an unheard-of journey for any naturalist at that time, much less a woman. When she returned she produced a book that secured her reputation, only to have it savaged in the nineteenth century by scientists who disdained the work of “amateurs.” Exquisitely written and illustrated, Chrysalis takes us from golden-age Amsterdam to the Surinam tropics to modern laboratories where Merian’s insights fuel a new branch of biology. Kim Todd brings to life a seventeenth-century woman whose boldness and vision would still be exceptional today. "
https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2016/01/the-woman-who-made-science-beautiful/424620/
No registration necessary, but please bring a snack to share.
***Help us pick out our next book! You can vote for your favorites and make suggestions right here: NBBC Book Club Survey
On Goodreads? Here we have a list of some nautically themed books we've enjoyed and have been recommended: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/138928.Boat_Club_Book_Club
Questions? sarahrgluck [at] gmail [dot] com
Organized by Monica & Sarah