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Guinea Pig Scientists: Bold Self-Experimenters in Science and Medicine
Boring, Mel, Dendy, Leslie
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Description for Guinea Pig Scientists: Bold Self-Experimenters in Science and Medicine
Paperback. 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. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white photographs & illustrations. BIC Classification: YQG; YQS; YQT. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 157 x 203 x 14. Weight in Grams: 286.
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.
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.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Square Fish
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9781250050656
SKU
V9781250050656
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15
About Boring, Mel, Dendy, Leslie
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, ... Read more
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