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The father of anatomy
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Lisa Yount |
"A biography of ancient Greek physician Galen, whose dissections of animals led to discoveries about human anatomy. He was the authority on medical knowledge in the Western world for more than fiftee… |
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Genetics and genetic engineering
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Lisa Yount |
Profiles geneticists and highlights discoveries they have made; includes Gregor Mendel and the laws of inheritance, James Watson and the structure of DNA, and Stanley Cohen and genetic engineering. |
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Medical technology
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Lisa Yount |
Identifies specific scientists and their contributions to some of the major advances in technology that have transformed surgery and medicine in the past two hundred years. |
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Modern genetics
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Lisa Yount |
Profiles geneticists and highlights discoveries they have made; includes Gregor Mendel and the laws of inheritance, James Watson and the structure of DNA, and Stanley Cohen and genetic engineering. |
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Twentieth-century women scientists
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Lisa Yount |
Includes biographies of ten women who have made significant contributions to modern science, including Barbara McClintock, Katsuko Saruhashi, E. Margaret Burbidge, and Lydia Phindile Makhubu. |
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Cancer
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Lisa Yount |
Discusses the effects, prevention, detection, and treatment of cancer. |
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Antoine Lavoisier
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Lisa Yount |
Profiles the life of the Frenchman who is considered the founder of modern chemistry and biochemistry, because of his discovery of oxygen and his work on combustion and respiration. |
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Antoni Van Leeuwenhoek
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Lisa Yount |
A biography of the cloth merchant-turned-scientist who made many discoveries examining microsopic life. |
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Antoni van Leeuwenhoek
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Lisa Yount |
"A biography of seventeenth-century Dutch scientist Antoine van Leeuwenhoek and includes related activities for readers"--Provided by publishers. |
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