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The lady and the octopus : how Jeanne Villepreux-Power invented aquariums and revolutionized marine biology
- Title
- The lady and the octopus : how Jeanne Villepreux-Power invented aquariums and revolutionized marine biology / Danna Staaf.
- Author
- Staaf, Danna
- Publication
- Minneapolis, MN : Carolrhoda Books, [2022]
- ©2022
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFF 23-8 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Description
- 136 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps (chiefly color), portraits (some color); 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.
- Subject
- Villepreux-Power, Jeanne, 1794-1871 > Juvenile literature
- 1800-1899
- Women marine biologists > France > Biography > Juvenile literature
- Women naturalists > France > Biography > Juvenile literature
- Women marine biologists > France > History > 19th century > Juvenile literature
- Marine biologists > France > History > 19th century > Juvenile literature
- Aquariums > France > History > 19th century > Juvenile literature
- Marine biology > France > History > 19th century > Juvenile literature
- Women tailors > France > History > 19th century > Juvenile literature
- Octopuses > Juvenile literature
- Women marine biologists
- Women naturalists
- Aquariums
- Marine biology
- Women tailors
- Octopuses
- Marine biologists
- France
- Genre/Form
- Biographies.
- Illustrated works.
- Juvenile works.
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 125-133) and index.
- Audience (note)
- Ages 10-18
- Grades 7-9
- 1220L
- Contents
- The mystery of the Argonauts -- The seamstress -- The explorer -- The inventor -- The detective -- The reporter -- The luminary -- Marine biology today and tomorrow.
- Call Number
- JFF 23-8
- ISBN
- 9781728415772
- 1728415772
- LCCN
- 2021051154
- OCLC
- 1285369805
- Author
- Staaf, Danna, author.
- Title
- The lady and the octopus : how Jeanne Villepreux-Power invented aquariums and revolutionized marine biology / Danna Staaf.
- Publisher
- Minneapolis, MN : Carolrhoda Books, [2022]
- Copyright Date
- ©2022
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 125-133) and index.
- Audience
- Ages 10-18 Carolrhoda Books ®.Grades 7-9 Carolrhoda Books ®.1220L Lexile
- Chronological Term
- 1800-1899
- Other Form:
- Online version: Staaf, Danna, 1983- Lady and the octopus Minneapolis : Carolrhoda Books ®, 2022 9781728460833 (DLC) 2021051155
- Research Call Number
- JFF 23-8