Gaat het nou toch weer over #nexit ? 86% van NL is daar tegen. #nonissue. Je zou het ook over milieu, subsidies, immigratie, rechtsstaat, handel, etcetera kunnen hebben, toch? #buitenhof
De nuchtere cijfers wijzen uit: een stille meerderheid van Nederlanders is pro-Europees (en het vertrouwen in de EU groeit) https://t.co/y8VIFGLGVW via @decorrespondent
@ryhertzberger Nee, ik vond daar wel langjarige cijfers over kindersterfte, over doodsoorzaken maar niet over doodsoorzaken per leeftijdscategorie inderdaad. Het zou kunnen dat CBS de onderliggende cijfers wel heeft? Dan zou je ze moeten bellen misschien? Succes!
Merian’s ‘Metamorphosis’ provided a greater understanding of insect reproduction & development, disproving the popular notion that insects spontaneously generated from mud. Today she's regarded as a remarkable entomological scientist whose legacy lives on in her illustrations.
Merian’s drawings also feature plants or other insects that would typically be a source of food to the species, as well as common habitats. Merian’s favourite edible fruit was the pineapple but she despised the cockroaches that fed on it
In each of Merian’s illustrations we see a carefully laid-out scene depicting the life cycles or metamorphoses of various insects and spiders- from egg through larva to pupa and finally adult
The folio-sized copy of ‘Metamorphosis’ held in the museum library contains 60 hand-coloured plates engraved and etched by Merian. For 17th century Europeans, Merian’s illustrations of Suriname insects were an insight into an unknown world #NationalLibrarianDay
At a time when few women were educated or literate- and rarely travelled- German born Merian travelled to the Dutch colony of Suriname at the age of 52 to observe insects in their natural habitat. ‘Metamorphosis’ was published on her return at her own expense.
This week Senior Archives & Library Assistant @dczerkaszyn shares 1 of the Museum's most beautiful books; ‘Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium’, published 1705, was the work of pioneering artist, botanist, entomologist & naturalist, Maria Sibylla Merian (1647-1717)