The Puzzle of the Platypus: And Other Explorations of Science in Action - Hardcover

Myers, Jack

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1590785568 ISBN 13: 9781590785560

Verlag: Boyds Mills Press, 2008

Inhaltsangabe

Scientists travel the world to solve eleven of nature's most intriguing puzzles. The stories are true cases of science in action--the challenging and often creative process of revealing nature's secrets.

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Jack Myers, Ph.D. (1913-2006) was the senior science editor of Highlights for Children for more than forty years. He was also a scientist at the Unversity of Texas at Austin where, at the time of his death, he was professor emeritus of zoology. HIs many science books for children include How Dogs Came from Wolves, about which the Booklist reviewe wrote, "The writing is clear and the science is explained well without being oversimplified" and the Children's Literature reviewer wrote, "The author distills complex information well."

John Rice is a wildlife artist and the illustrator of the following four books by Jack Myers: On the Trail of the Komodo Dragon, On Top of Mount Everest, What Happened to the Mammoths?, and How Dogs Came from Wolves. He lives in Mount Kisco, New York.

Jack Myers, Ph.D. (1913-2006) was the senior science editor of Highlights for Childrenfor more than forty years. He was also a scientist at the Unversity of Texas at Austin where, at the time of his death, he was professor emeritus of zoology. HIs many science books for children includeHow Dogs Came from Wolves, about which the Booklist reviewe wrote, "The writing is clear and the science is explained well without being oversimplified" and theChildren's Literature reviewer wrote, "The author distills complex information well."

John Rice is a wildlife artist and the illustrator of the following four books by Jack Myers:On the Trail of the Komodo Dragon, On Top of Mount Everest, What Happened to the Mammoths?,and How Dogs Came from Wolves. He lives in Mount Kisco, New York.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Boyds Mills Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2008
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1590785568
• ISBN 13: 9781590785560
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Zeichner: Rice John
• Anzahl der Seiten: 64
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