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Guinea Pig Scientists 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--these ten engrossing stories of self-experimentation are at once scientifically detailed and fascinatingly personal. Illustrations. Young Adult. Full description
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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
About the Author
Leslie Dendy has been teaching biology and chemistry for nearly thirty years. She is the author of Tracks, Scats, and Signs and lives with her husband in Los Alamos, New Mexico.
Mel Boring is the author of a number of nonfiction picture books, as well as a novel. He lives in Rockford, Iowa, with his family.
C. B. Mordan is the illustrator of several books for young readers, including Lost: A Story in String. He lives near Kansas City, Missouri.
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- PublisherHenry Holt Books for Young Readers
- Publication date2005
- ISBN 10 0805073167
- ISBN 13 9780805073164
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages213
- IllustratorMordan C. B.
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