On Tuesday 21 May 2024, it is 225 years since the birth of the incredible Mary Anning. Known as the “mother of palaeontology”, she made discoveries about fossils and the evolution of living things fifty years before Darwin and Wallace presented their theories. She paved the way for other women in science.
She Sold Seashells reimagines Mary Anning’s image through AI technology. Author Wolfgang Grulke and the Lyme Regis Museum have researched and portrayed how she may have looked in her childhood and teen years as her passion for knowledge grew.
A series of short texts provide fascinating facts about Mary Anning and her family, each accompanied by a stunning image. The setting of Lyme Regis, a seaside town in Dorset, and the surrounding cliffs help readers picture the depth of Mary Anning’s research and importance of her discoveries. Her determination, hard work, curiosity, intelligence and incredible contributions to geology and palaeontology solidify her place as a key role model and person of significance in history and science.
Thank you to the Lyme Regis Museum and Catherine Ward PR for a copy of this beautiful book!
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