Biographie En Images: Voici Frederick Banting

Author:   Elizabeth MacLeod ,  Mike Deas
Publisher:   Scholastic
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9781039708020


Pages:   32
Publication Date:   19 August 2025
Recommended Age:   From 6 to 10 years
Format:   Hardback
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Biographie En Images: Voici Frederick Banting


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See below for English description. Voici Frederick Banting: docteur, scientifique et gagnant d'un prix Nobel! La remarquable découverte de l'insuline par le Dr Frederick Banting a changé et sauvé la vie de millions de personnes dans le monde... mais ce n'est qu'une partie de son histoire! Quand il était enfant, Frederick Banting a perdu son amie Jennie, atteinte du diabète. Après son décès, Frederick a grandi avec la volonté de lutter contre cette terrible maladie. Il est devenu chirurgien et a soigné des soldats pendant la Première Guerre mondiale. Après la guerre, il a été médecin de famille et a enseigné à l'université. Mais Frederick voulait toujours aider les personnes atteintes de diabète. Un soir, il est frappé par une grande idée: une toute nouvelle façon de traiter la maladie. Frederick convainc un professeur de l'Université de Toronto de lui confier un laboratoire et un assistant, Charles Best. Ensemble, les deux scientifiques travaillent de longues heures et mettent finalement au point l'insuline. Aujourd'hui encore, il s'agit du seul traitement contre le diabète. L'insuline a été appelée « la plus grande invention du Canada » et a sauvé des millions de vies! Meet Frederick Banting - doctor, scientist and Nobel Prize-winner! Dr. Frederick Banting's remarkable discovery of insulin has changed and saved the lives of millions around the world...but that's only part of his story! When Frederick Banting was young, his friend Jennie became sick. She had diabetes and soon passed away. Fred grew up determined to do something about this terrible disease. He became a surgeon, helping soldiers in World War I. After the war, he practiced family medicine and taught at a nearby university. But Fred still wanted to help people with diabetes. One night he was struck by a big idea -- a whole new way to treat the disease. Fred convinced a professor at the University of Toronto to give him a lab and an assistant: Charles Best. They worked long hours and finally developed insulin. To this day, insulin is still the only treatment for diabetes. It has saved the lives of millions of people around the world. Original Title: Scholastic Canada Biography: Meet Frederick Banting

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Author:   Elizabeth MacLeod ,  Mike Deas
Publisher:   Scholastic
Imprint:   Scholastic
Dimensions:   Width: 23.50cm , Height: 0.80cm , Length: 23.60cm
Weight:   0.313kg
ISBN:  

9781039708020


ISBN 10:   1039708021
Pages:   32
Publication Date:   19 August 2025
Recommended Age:   From 6 to 10 years
Audience:   Children/juvenile ,  Children / Juvenile
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us.
Language:   French

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ELIZABETH MACLEOD a été rédactrice pour le magazine OWL pour ensuite écrire de nombreux ouvrages pour enfants. Elle est l'auteure de l'album Bunny, cheval de guerre; du livre documentaire Canada en vedette et des livres de la collection Biographie en images. Elizabeth vit à Toronto. ELIZABETH MACLEOD is the author of many Canadian nonfiction titles, including the Canada Close Up (Canada en vedette) series titles Canada's Trees and Canadian Money in addition to the award-winning Scholastic Canada Biography (Biographie en images) series and Canada Year-By-Year. She lives in Toronto, Ontario and enjoys reading, swimming, theatre, botany and tap dancing. MIKE DEAS est auteur-illustrateur de bandes dessinées. Il signe aussi les illustrations de la série Biographie en images. Sa passion pour l'illustration a été entretenue tout au long de son enfance à l'île Saltspring, en Colombie-Britannique où il habite encore aujourd'hui. MIKE DEAS is the illustrator of the Sueño Bay Adventures series, the Graphic Guide Adventure series and the Tank and Fizz books, as well as the titles in the Scholastic Canada Biography (Biographie en images) series. His love for illustrative storytelling comes from an early love of reading and drawing while growing up on Saltspring Island, British Columbia. Visit him online at www.deasillustration.com.

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