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Sprache
Verlagsort
Zielgruppe
Für Jugendliche
Für Grundschule und weiterführende Schule
US School Grade: From Sixth Grade to Twelfth Grade, Reading Age: From 13 to 14 years, Interest Age: From 11 to 18 years
Produkt-Hinweis
mit Schutzumschlag (bedruckt)
Bibliotheksbindung
Illustrationen
Glossary; Bibliography; Index; Graphs; Charts; Illustrations, color
Maße
Höhe: 231 mm
Breite: 155 mm
Dicke: 18 mm
Gewicht
ISBN-13
978-1-5415-1979-4 (9781541519794)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
Marc Zimmer is the author of several nonfiction young adult books and a professor at Connecticut College, where he teaches chemistry and studies the proteins involved in producing light in jellyfish and fireflies. He received his Ph.D. in chemistry from Worcester Polytechnic Institute and did his post-doc at Yale University. He has published articles on science and medicine for the Los Angeles Times, USA Today and the Huffington Post, among many other publications. He lives in Waterford, Connecticut, with his wife, their two children, and a genetically modified fluorescent mouse named Prometheus.