Lady and the Octopus, The: How Jeanne Villepreux-Power Invented Aquariums and Revolutionized Marine Biology
Jeanne Villepreux-Power was never expected to be a scientist. Born in 1794 in a French village more than one hundred miles from the ocean, she pursued an improbable path that brought her to the island of Sicily. There, she took up natural history and solved the two-thousand-year-old mystery of how of the argonaut octopus gets its shell. In an era when most research focused on dead specimens, Jeanne was determined to experiment on living animals. And to keep sea creatures alive for her studies, she had to invent a contraption to hold them-the aquarium. Her remarkable life story is told by author, marine biologist, and octopus enthusiast Danna Staaf.
SPECIFICATIONS
- Grade Level
- 6
- Trim Size
- 8" x 10"
- Page Count
- 136
FEATURES
Author's Note, Bibliography, Black-and-White Photographs, Endnotes, Colour Photographs, Further Reading, Glossary, Index, Maps, Primary Source Quotations, Timeline, Websites
BINDING
Titles in This Series (Total of 1)
| Book Title | ISBN # | Copyright | CDN List | Disc. % | Disc. Price | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lady and the Octopus, The: How Jeanne Villepreux-Power Invented Aquariums and Revolutionized Marine Biology | 9781728415772 | 2022 | $43.40 | 20% | $34.72 | Available |
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