Engrossing true stories of the pioneers of epidemiology who risked their lives to find the source of deadly diseases. Throughout history, more people have died in disease epidemics than in wars or other disasters. The courageous, trail-blazing defenders against these diseases faced a terrifying personal gamble. Often they were ignored, laughed at, or even fired from their jobs. But they kept hunting for answers, putting the pieces of the epidemic puzzle together. As they looked for clues to the...
Breakthrough: How One Teen Innovator Is Changing the World
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Working with DNA and Genetics (Smithsonian: Informational Text)
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Great Discoveries in Science (Groups 1 - 3) (Great Discoveries in Science)
The Leakeys (Scientific Collaboration)
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Core Concepts: Biology (Second Edition): Set 2 (Core Concepts (Second Edition))
The Debate Over Creationism vs. Evolution (Scientific American Explores Big Ideas)
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Riots over the medical use of cadavers, public access to institutions for the insane, and full-blown surgeries without the aid of anesthetics or painkillers. Welcome to the middle ages of American medicine. Bleed, Blister, Puke, and Purge exposes the extraordinary practices and major players of American medical history, from America's colonial era to the late 1800s. It's hard to believe that today's cutting-edge medicine originated from such crude beginnings, but this book reminds us to be grat...
From the Early 1800s to the Late 1800s: Eli Whitney to Georges Leclanché (History's Most Influential Inventors)
It's Getting Hot in Here: The Past, the Present, and the Future of Global Warming
by Bridget Heos
It's Getting Hot in Here illustrates how interconnected we are not just with everyone else on the planet, but with the people who came before us and the ones who will inherit the planet after us. This eye opening approach to one of today's most pressing issues focuses on the past human influences, the current state of affairs, the grim picture for the future and how young readers can help to make a positive change.
Core Concepts: Biology (Second Edition): Sets 1 - 2 (Core Concepts (Second Edition))
Discover the amazing women who took science by storm! Women scientists are not new, but they haven't always gotten credit for being so stellar. In Jennifer Calvert and Octavia Jackson's Science Superstars, you'll be introduced to 30 remarkable women whose passion and dedication to all things science led to groundbreaking discoveries, vital medicine, essential technology, and cutting-edge inventions that changed the world. If you use GPS or Wi-Fi, you have Hedy Lamarr to thank for that. If you a...
A Visual Exploration of Science (Spring 2019 Bundle) (Visual Exploration of Science)
Plate Tectonics (Great Discoveries in Science)
by Fiona Young-Brown
