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  • Published: 20 May 2025
  • ISBN: 9781623545819
  • Imprint: Charlesbridge Children
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 32
  • RRP: $39.99

Jellyfish Scientist

Maude Delap and Her Mesmerizing Medusas





Meet scientist Maude Delap in this riveting STEM biography that details her biggest experiment—her observations of and research about jellyfish.

Meet scientist Maude Delap in this riveting STEM biography that details her biggest experiment—her observations of and research about jellyfish.

Maude scoops a jellyfish out of the water and embarks on more than a year of observation of the animal, accomplishing something countless other scientists were unable to do: trace the life cycle of a jellyfish and understand the creature’s metamorphosis from larva to adult.

Maude’s story must be told. Her painstaking observations of a compass jellyfish in 1899-1900 laid the foundation for research still ongoing today.

  • Published: 20 May 2025
  • ISBN: 9781623545819
  • Imprint: Charlesbridge Children
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 32
  • RRP: $39.99

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