What Kunstformen der Nature by Ernst Haeckel meant for the history of science?

What Kunstformen der Nature by Ernst Haeckel meant for the history of science?

Ernst Haeckel’s “Kunstformen der Natur” (Art Forms of Nature) is a significant work in the history of science, particularly in the fields of biology and art. Published in 1904, the book is a collection of 100 lithographic plates depicting various organisms, from microscopic diatoms to complex invertebrates and vertebrates. One of the main contributions of …

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Trilobites

The fascinating world of trilobites

The fossils of small segmented animals had been known to humans for centuries, but for most of that time, no one was really sure what they actually were. Their durable armored exoskeleton and habit of moulting ensured that they were easily fossilized and discovered by people hundreds of millions of years later. Some Native American people used Elrathia fossils as amulets and back in 1679 the first scientist to study Ogygiocarella thought it was a flatfish skeleton.

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