The Lady and the Octopus: How Jeanne Villepreux-Power Invented Aquariums and Revolutionized Marine Biology

by Danna Staaf

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"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".--

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Gr 8 Up—This biography of Jeanne Villepreux-Power features the compelling story of her life and work as a natural
scientist in vivid and accessible language, and also includes a helpful time line and other back matter. Frequent
illustrations and featured insets provide important context in this life story of a female scientific pioneer.

BackstoryBooks | Apr 1, 2024 |

Short but beautiful, a semi biography of one of the inventors of the aquarium, including some of her early work with the nautilus.Wish must of her papers had not been lost at sea, but what remained was still very interesting (

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