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The lady and the octopus : how Jeanne Villepreux-Power invented aquariums and revolutionized marine biology

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2022

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Title:	The lady and the octopus : how Jeanne Villepreux-Power invented aquariums and revolutionized marine biology
Author:	Staaf, Danna, author.
Format:	Book
Publisher, Date:	Minneapolis : Carolrhoda Books, [2022] ©2022
Description:	136 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 27 cm
Summary:	"Follow the remarkable journey of Jeanne Villepreux-Power from her childhood in a small French village to her life as a naturalist in nineteenth century Messina, Sicily, where she conducted groundbreaking research and invented aquariums."-- Provided by publisher.
Audience:	1220L Lexile Ages 10-18. Carolrhoda Books. Grades 7-9. Carolrhoda Books.
Subjects:	Villepreux-Power, Jeanne, 1794-1871 -- Juvenile literature. Women marine biologists -- France -- Biography -- Juvenile literature. Women marine biologists -- France -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile literature. Women naturalists -- France -- Biography -- Juvenile literature. Women tailors -- France -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile literature. Marine biologists -- France -- Biography -- Juvenile literature. Marine biologists -- France -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile literature. Naturalists -- France -- Biography -- Juvenile literature. Octopuses -- Juvenile literature. Marine biology -- France -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile literature. Aquariums -- France -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile literature. Women.
Genre:	Biographies.
Other Title:	Jeanne Villepreux-Power invented aquariums and revolutionized marine biology
Contents:	The mystery of the Argonauts -- The seamstress -- The explorer -- The inventor -- The detective -- The reporter -- The luminary -- Marine biology today and tomorrow.
ISBN	9781728415772

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