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Reads tagged with “Ernst Haeckel”

The Birth of Ecology: Ernst Haeckel, Emily Dickinson, and How Life on Earth Came Abloom
The Birth of Ecology: Ernst Haeckel, Emily Dickinson, and How Life on Earth Came Abloom

How flowers gave rise to life on Earth and made possible the human consciousness that came to see a world “thronged only with Music.”

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The Otherworldly Beauty of Jellyfish: How Ernst Haeckel Turned Personal Tragedy into Transcendent Art in the World’s First Encyclopedia of Medusae
The Otherworldly Beauty of Jellyfish: How Ernst Haeckel Turned Personal Tragedy into Transcendent Art in the World’s First Encyclopedia of Medusae

A story of transmuting the grief of one life into a celebration of the grandeur of Life.

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