Overview
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.
Full Product Details
Author: Leslie Dendy ,
Mel Boring ,
C B Mordan
Publisher: Palgrave USA
Imprint: Square Fish
Dimensions:
Width: 15.60cm
, Height: 1.60cm
, Length: 20.30cm
Weight: 0.288kg
ISBN: 9781250050656
ISBN 10: 1250050650
Pages: 224
Publication Date: 02 December 2014
Recommended Age: From 10 years
Audience:
Children/juvenile
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Children's (6-12)
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Available To Order
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Language: English
Reviews
* An easy and interesting read. . . . These biographies are provocative with underpinnings of intrigue for discovering what is yet unknown. -- School Library Journal , starred review Ten enthralling case studies of scientists from the past several centuries who became their own test subjects--with occasionally fatal results. . . . Riveting reading. -- Booklist , starred review
* An easy and interesting read. . . . These biographies are provocative with underpinnings of intrigue for discovering what is yet unknown. School Library Journal, starred review * Ten enthralling case studies of scientists from the past several centuries who became their own test subjects--with occasionally fatal results. . . . Riveting reading. Booklist, starred review * An easy and interesting read. . . . These biographies are provocative with underpinnings of intrigue for discovering what is yet unknown. School Library Journal, starred review
* An easy and interesting read. . . . These biographies are provocative with underpinnings of intrigue for discovering what is yet unknown. -- School Library Journal, starred review Ten enthralling case studies of scientists from the past several centuries who became their own test subjects--with occasionally fatal results. . . . Riveting reading. -- Booklist, starred review
Author Information
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.
