Guinea Pig Scientists by Leslie Dendy

Guinea Pig Scientists by Leslie Dendy

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Zusammenfassung

Who are these "guinea pig scientists"? Spanning from the 1770s to the present - and uncovering the science behind digestion, the spread of yellow fever, the development of the first heart catheter, and more, this title tells ten stories that are at once scientifically detailed and fascinatingly personal.

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Guinea Pig Scientists by Leslie Dendy

Who are these "guinea pig scientists"? Searching for clues to some of science's and medicine's bigger (and sometimes stranger) questions, they are all the men and women who devoted their lives to help find the answers. Spanning from the 1770s to the present - and uncovering the science behind digestion, the spread of yellow fever, the development of the first heart catheter, and more - their ten stories are at once scientifically detailed and fascinatingly personal.
Leslie Dendy has been teaching biology and chemistry for nearly thirty years. She is the author of Tracks, Scats, and Signs and lives with her husband in Los Alamos, New Mexico. Mel Boring was the author of a number of nonfiction picture books, as well as a novel. C. B. Mordan is the illustrator of several books for young readers, including Lost: A Story in String. He lives near Kansas City, Missouri.
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ISBN 13 9781250050656
ISBN 10 1250050650
Titel Guinea Pig Scientists
Autor Leslie Dendy
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Bindungsart Paperback
Verlag Palgrave USA
Erscheinungsjahr 2014-12-02
Seitenanzahl 224
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