Wendy Williams (2) (1950–)
Auteur van Kraken: The Curious, Exciting, and Slightly Disturbing Science of Squid
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Science journalist Wendy Williams has lived her life outdoors, either on the back of a horse, on skis, or on her own two feet. She has spent a great deal of time in a variety of countries in Africa, walking in the fields and forests of Europe, and exploring North American mountain chains and toon meer prairies. She lives on Cape Cod in Massachusetts with her husband and her border collie, Taff. She is the author of The Horse and The Language of Butterflies. toon minder
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The author divides the book into three sections: past, present, and future. I loved the section about the past, learning about the beginnings of buttlerfly classification. I hadn't heard of Maria Sibylla Merian, a 17th century woman scientist who basically created the idea of scientific method and careful observation. She observed and notated through writing and art work every aspect of observable life for caterpillars and butterflies. I would like to read more about her.
The second and third section get a heavy focus on monarchs, one of the most studied butterflies. This info was all interesting, but I had learned most of it other places. Still, it was a nice synthesis.
Overall, this was a nice glimpse into what we currently know about butterflies - their life cycles, migration, and what we think they need to survive in the future.… (meer)