Guinea Pig Scientists
Bold Self-Experimenters in Science and Medicine
Published on 2. December 2014
Book
Paperback/Softback
224 pages
978-1-250-05065-6 (ISBN)
Description
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.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
Palgrave USA
Target group
Children/juvenile
Interest Age: From 10 years
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
Weight
392 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-250-05065-6 (9781250050656)
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Persons
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.