The girl who built an ocean an artist, an argonaut, and the true story of the world's first aquarium
"The inspiring tale of a seamstress-turned-scientist who invented the world's first aquarium at a time w\hen women in STEM were startlingly rare."--
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Alfred A. Knopf,
[2022]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Summary: | "The inspiring tale of a seamstress-turned-scientist who invented the world's first aquarium at a time w\hen women in STEM were startlingly rare."-- Jeanne Villepreux-Power lived in France. She was a scientist, a seamstress, and an artist. She invented the world's first aquarium when she became interested in the creatures of the sea, and had to figure out a way to bring the ocean into her home so she could examine them more carefully. -- adapted from jacket and perusal of book |
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| Item Description: | "This is a Borzoi Book"--Title page verso. |
| Physical Description: | 36 unnumbered pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 23 x 29 cm |
| ISBN: | 9780593305119 0593305116 9780593305126 0593305124 |
| Author Notes: | Michelle Mee Nutter graduated with a BFA in Illustration from the Massachusetts College of Art and Design. Her work has been recognized by the Society of Illustrators, 3x3 Illustration , Creative Quarterly and she is the illustrator of the graphic novel Allergic . Nutter lives in Boston, Mass. |
