Project Penicillin: The Race to Develop a Life-Saving Antibiotic (DK Science Stories) - Softcover

Thomas, Isabel

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0241778697 ISBN 13: 9780241778692

Verlag: DK Children, 2026

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On the battlefields of World War I, soldiers are dying from infected wounds. A young doctor witnessing the devastation vows to find a cure. In his messy laboratory a decade later, he makes an accidental discovery – a miracle mould that kills bacteria. But try as he might, he cannot turn his amazing find into a useful medicine.

This is the story of that chance discovery and the brilliant scientists who took Alexander Fleming’s miracle mould and worked tirelessly to turn it into a treatment that doctors could use. As another war broke out in Europe, they found themselves in a race against time to grow enough penicillin and create the first antibiotic. Their teamwork and determination led to a class of drugs that saved countless lives and paved the way for modern surgery and other life-saving treatments.

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Isabel Thomas is an award-winning science writer, presenter, and educator. She has degrees in Human Sciences from the University of Oxford and Educational Research from the University of Cambridge. Isabel has written a galaxy of books for young audiences, and is a double winner of the AAAS Prize for Excellence in Science Books. She also writes features for science magazines and the BBC, and delivers outreach projects for a wide range of organisations, inspiring children from diverse backgrounds to pursue science. You can find more about Isabel and her work at isabelthomas.co.uk.

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• Verlag: DK Children
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2026
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0241778697
• ISBN 13: 9780241778692
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Zeichner: Wei Weston
• Anzahl der Seiten: 96
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