The incredible life of Maria Sibylla Merian

The incredible life of Maria Sibylla Merian | The Royal Society

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Maria Sibylla Merian is considered one of the earliest entomologists and ecologists and has a wide group of admirers, including Sir David Attenborough. 🦋
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@Greguk444 2 жыл бұрын

Very beautiful film. Thank you. Really interesting and informative about someone who is important but not known to me

@naimaytb 2 жыл бұрын

Very beautiful film, she dedicated her life for science, she loved nature and insects, she was an artist as well👌💐

@rhoddryice5412 2 жыл бұрын

I would love a full lecture on her life and work, wouldn’t mind it at all.

@dylanparker130 2 жыл бұрын

Enjoyed this very much - the animation is charming

@grantdustin1 Жыл бұрын

Beautiful story

@joanthompson5058 9 ай бұрын

A wonderful reminder of our hidden world.

@katyharries2526 Жыл бұрын

Beautiful. Love the use of her illustrations in the animation and the use of animation to tell her story

@philipstroud760 Жыл бұрын

A beautiful film about an incredible woman. No wonder David Attenborough is a fan!

@kristenandersen9903 Жыл бұрын

Finally! This is exactly the video I needed in my classroom! THANK YOU!

@joanthompson5058 9 ай бұрын

Leamington art gallery is staging a lovely exhibition 7/9/23 and has special books on loan

@nilighosh158 2 жыл бұрын

Informative. Nice animation. Thanks for sharing.

@royalsociety 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@russchadwell 2 жыл бұрын

She may have enjoyed working with Robert Hooke, since he illustrated a book about the smallest things too.

@mayaenglish5424 2 жыл бұрын

I would love to read her books and look at the Illustrations, I hope they still exist in full in an archive somewhere and have been scanned/ copied so the public can see them all.

@colmryan9289 Жыл бұрын

I'm currently studying in Trinity College in Dublin, Ireland, and they have a copy of one of her early printed books in full colour (it was actually how I learned about her to begin with - I saw one of the illustrations in a lecture). You might be able to request access as a visiting student, if you're currently in college.

@mayaenglish5424 Жыл бұрын

@@colmryan9289 Good to know. I'll keep that in mind. At any rate it's nice to know of it's continued existance.

@chlodnia 2 жыл бұрын

Very nice indeed

@thormusique 2 ай бұрын

MSM was a brilliant analyst and synthesist of the lives and insects and their environments. It's wonderful that she's beginning to receive more recognition in the public domain, and hats off to the Royal Society for highlighting her work. That said, it's a shame that, in typical BBC fashion, the producers opted to focus on many of today's socially acceptable buzzwords, rather than delve more deeply into her actual work. This benefits none of us, and perhaps least of all this great woman of science. BBC Licence Fee, anyone? ;-)

@Nur-kf9pu 2 жыл бұрын

The women change the world💃

@henkverhoeven1256 2 жыл бұрын

Do they..?? 😂

@skeptical_citizen 2 жыл бұрын

@@henkverhoeven1256 men change the world too, let's not be misandrist. Of course, men start wars and women make discoveries while not subordinating others.