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2022

Format:	Book
Author:	Staaf, Danna, author.
Title:	The lady and the octopus : how Jeanne Villepreux-Power invented aquariums and revolutionized marine biology / Danna Staaf.
Publisher, Date:	Minneapolis : Carolrhoda Books, [2022]
Description:	145 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 26 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.
Target Audience Note:	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 naturalists -- France -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:	The mystery of the argonauts -- The seamstress -- The explorer -- The inventor -- The detective -- The reporter -- The luminary -- Marine biology today and tomorrow.
LCCN:	2021051154
ISBN:	9781728415772
Other Number:	1285369805
System Availability:	1
Current Holds:	0
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Control Number:	994014
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Call Number:	j BIO Villepre

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