Guinea Pig Scientists: Bold Self-experimenters In Science And Medicine - Hardcover

Dendy, Leslie A.; Boring, Mel

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0805073167 ISBN 13: 9780805073164

Verlag: Henry Holt Books for Young Readers, 2005

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Book by Boring Mel Dendy Leslie

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* "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

"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

Reseña del editor:

It was August 27, 1885. In a hospital in Lima, Peru, a student named Daniel Carrión was preparing to infect himself with a dreaded disease . . . He had a small, sharp lancet ready . . . Carrión's friends and teacher from the medical school thought it was a bad idea. They knew Carrión was eager to learn more about this mysterious disease.
But were the risks worth it?

Science and medicine from the inside out-ten engrossing stories of self-experimentation

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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• Verlag: Henry Holt Books for Young Readers
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0805073167
• ISBN 13: 9780805073164
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 213
• Zeichner: Mordan C. B.