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Author: Stephanie Sammartino McPherson
Publisher: Lerner Publishing Group
Imprint: Lerner Publishing Group
Dimensions:
Width: 15.70cm
, Height: 1.40cm
, Length: 23.10cm
Weight: 0.327kg
ISBN: 9798765607947
Pages: 136
Publication Date: 07 November 2023
Recommended Age: From 13 to 14 years
Audience:
Young adult
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Teenage / Young adult
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Available To Order
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Reviews
"""The work shines most when elucidating the long path to scientific discovery, including the many failed experiments and minor discoveries that necessarily precede breakthroughs. A stimulating and accessible foray into recent scientific history."" --Kirkus Reviews -- (9/5/2023 12:00:00 AM)"
"""[A] timely tribute to a dedicated visionary and modern-day hero who never gave up.""— Booklist ""The work shines most when elucidating the long path to scientific discovery, including the many failed experiments and minor discoveries that necessarily precede breakthroughs. A stimulating and accessible foray into recent scientific history."" —Kirkus Reviews ""Complex scientific information is conveyed clearly, so that important ideas can be understood. . .This biography is timely as Karikó (along with Weissman) recently won the 2023 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. Accessible writing and thorough research make this a great science resource for middle and high school students."" —School Library Journal"
"""Complex scientific information is conveyed clearly, so that important ideas can be understood. . .This biography is timely as Karikó (along with Weissman) recently won the 2023 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. Accessible writing and thorough research make this a great science resource for middle and high school students."" --School Library Journal -- (11/21/2023 12:00:00 AM) ""[A] timely tribute to a dedicated visionary and modern-day hero who never gave up.""-- Booklist -- (11/10/2023 12:00:00 AM) ""The work shines most when elucidating the long path to scientific discovery, including the many failed experiments and minor discoveries that necessarily precede breakthroughs. A stimulating and accessible foray into recent scientific history."" --Kirkus Reviews -- (9/5/2023 12:00:00 AM)"
Author Information
Stephanie Sammartino McPherson wrote her first children's story in college. She enjoyed the process so much that she's never stopped writing. A former teacher and freelance newspaper writer, she has written more than thirty books and numerous magazine stories. Her recent books include Hothouse Earth: The Climate Crisis and the Importance of Carbon Neutrality, winner of the Green Earth Book Award for young adult nonfiction, and Breakthrough: Katalin Karikó and the mRNA Vaccine. Stephanie and her husband, Richard, live in Virginia.
