"Remarkable Creatures"

Comecei e acabei de ler este livro este fim de semana. Um livro muito interessante sobre a vida de Mary Anning que descobriu muitos e importantes fosseis no Reino Unido que revolucionaram os conhecimentos cientificos do seculo XIX, numa altura em que as mulheres eram consideradas insignificantes, sem inteligencia e muito inferiores aos homens. Contou com a ajuda da sua amiga Elizabeth Philpot que se dedicou ao estudo de fosseis de peixes. Ambas tem a si dedicados museus na cidade de Lyme Regis onde viveram e fizeram as suas descobertas, e ambas fizeram inumeras contribuicoes para museus no Reino Unido e Franca.

I started and finished reading this book this weekend. A very interesting book about the life of Mary Anning who discovered many and important fossils in the United Kingdom that revolutionized the scientific knowledge of the 19th century, in a time when women were considered insignificant, not intelligent and very inferior to men. She had the help of her friend Elizabeth Philpot who dedicated her time to the study of fish fossils. Both have museums dedicated to them in Lyme Regis where they lived and made their discoveries, and they both made contributions to museums in the UK and France.