Fever
How Tu Youyou Adapted Traditional Chinese Medicine to Find a Cure for Malaria
Published on 8. March 2022
Book
Paperback/Softback
34 pages
978-1-62944-196-2 (ISBN)
Description
People were dying! Malaria is a deadly mosquito-borne disease that causes fevers, chills and often death. In 1969, the People's Republic of China created a task force to find a cure.
Working in the 1970s, Chinese scientist Tu Youyou reviewed the traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) scrolls for ideas on where to start her research. She found 640 traditional treatments, and methodically started extracting compounds and testing them against malaria. Would any of them work?
Courage, resilience, and perseverance--follow the struggles of Nobel Prize scientist Tu Youyou as she works to find a cure to malaria.
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Language
English
Target group
Children/juvenile
Interest Age: From 7 to 12 years
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 216 mm
Thickness: 3 mm
Weight
121 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-62944-196-2 (9781629441962)
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Children's book author Darcy Pattison writes award-winning fiction and non-fiction books for children. Her works have received starred PW, Kirkus, and BCCB reviews. Awards include the Irma Black Honor award, 5 NSTA Outstanding Science Trade Books, Eureka! Nonfiction Honor book, 2 Junior Library Guild selections, and 2 NCTE Notable Children's Book in Language Arts. Her books are translated into ten languages. She's the 2007 recipient of the Arkansas Governor's Arts Award for Individual Artist for her work in children's literature.