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Guinea Pig Scientists

Bold Self-Experimenters in Science and Medicine

Leslie Dendy Mel Boring C B Mordan

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English
St Martins Press (PANMAC)
01 December 2014
"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."

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Illustrated by:   C B Mordan
Imprint:   St Martins Press (PANMAC)
Country of Publication:   United States
Dimensions:   Height: 203mm,  Width: 156mm,  Spine: 16mm
Weight:   288g
ISBN:   9781250050656
ISBN 10:   1250050650
Pages:   224
Publication Date:  
Recommended Age:   From 10 years
Audience:   Children/juvenile ,  Children / Juvenile
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print

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 is the author of a number of nonfiction picture books, as well as a novel. He lives in Rockford, Iowa, with his family. C. B. Mordan is the illustrator of several books for young readers, including Lost: A Story in String. He lives near Kansas City, Missouri.

Reviews for Guinea Pig Scientists: Bold Self-Experimenters in Science and Medicine

* 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


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