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  • Alexander Fleming and the Story of Penicillin

    John Bankston

    Library Binding (Mitchell Lane Pub Inc, Oct. 1, 2001)
    A biography of the Scottish bacteriologist and Nobel Prize winner who discovered penicillin and its antibiotic properties.
    Q

  • Philo T. Farnsworth: The Life of Television's Forgotten Inventor

    Russell Roberts

    Library Binding (Mitchell Lane Pub Inc, July 15, 2003)
    A biography of the persistent inventor whose interest in electricity led him to develop an electronic television system in the 1920s.
    P

  • Frederick Banting and the Discovery of Insulin

    John Bankston

    Library Binding (Mitchell Lane Pub Inc, Aug. 10, 2001)
    Recounts the life of the Canadian doctor and how his research led to the discovery of insulin and a treatment for diabetes.
    U

  • Stephen Wozniak and the Story of Apple Computer

    John Riddle, Jim Whiting

    Library Binding (Mitchell Lane Pub Inc, Nov. 1, 2001)
    A biography covering the personal life and professional career of one of the founders of Apple Computer, Steve Wozniak.
    P

  • Joseph E. Murray and the Story of the First Human Kidney Transplant

    Joanne Mattern

    Library Binding (Mitchell Lane Publishers, Oct. 15, 2002)
    Written especially for young adult readers, this series helps place each significant invention, discovery, or development in historical perspective while exploring the life of the person responsible for each breakthrough. Readers will travel back in time to learn about each important scientific, medical, or technological discovery. No science fiction story even approximates the mystery and suspense contained in these true science biographies.The American doctor whose research into organ transplant rejection led to the first successful kidney transplant.
    V

  • Willem Kolff and the Invention of the Dialysis Machine

    Kathleen Tracy

    Library Binding (Mitchell Lane Publishers, Oct. 16, 2002)
    Written especially for young adult readers, this series helps place each significant invention, discovery, or development in historical perspective while exploring the life of the person responsible for each breakthrough. Readers will travel back in time to learn about each important scientific, medical, or technological discovery. No science fiction story even approximates the mystery and suspense contained in these true science biographies.Story of the doctor who invented the artificial kidney, or dialysis machine after watching helplessly as countless patients died from renal failure.
    U

  • Jonas Salk and the Polio Vaccine

    John Bankston

    Library Binding (Mitchell Lane Publishers, Aug. 10, 2001)
    Written especially for young adult readers, this series helps place each significant invention, discovery, or development in historical perspective while exploring the life of the person responsible for each breakthrough. Readers will travel back in time to learn about each important scientific, medical, or technological discovery. No science fiction story even approximates the mystery and suspense contained in these true science biographies.One of the best-known microbiologists, celebrated for his development of the polio vaccine
    U

  • Oswald Avery and the Story of DNA

    Vesta-Nadine Severs, Jim Whiting

    Library Binding (Mitchell Lane Publishers, Nov. 1, 2001)
    Written especially for young adult readers, this series helps place each significant invention, discovery, or development in historical perspective while exploring the life of the person responsible for each breakthrough. Readers will travel back in time to learn about each important scientific, medical, or technological discovery. No science fiction story even approximates the mystery and suspense contained in these true science biographies.His research led to a new understanding of DNA which led to DNA fingerprinting, and paternity testing
    T

  • Chester Carlson and the Development of Xerography

    Susan Zannos

    Library Binding (Mitchell Lane Publishers, Aug. 15, 2002)
    Written especially for young adult readers, this series helps place each significant invention, discovery, or development in historical perspective while exploring the life of the person responsible for each breakthrough. Readers will travel back in time to learn about each important scientific, medical, or technological discovery. No science fiction story even approximates the mystery and suspense contained in these true science biographies.The story of the man whose determination to simplify the process of copying documents led to the invention of xerography.
    W

  • Wilhelm Roentgen and the Discovery of X-Rays

    Kimberly Garcia

    Library Binding (Mitchell Lane Pub Inc, April 1, 2002)
    Presents the biography of the German scientist Wilhelm Roentgen and the story of how he discovered x rays.
    P

  • Charles Richter and the Story of the Richter Scale

    Susan Zannos

    Library Binding (Mitchell Lane Publishers, July 15, 2003)
    A biography of the American scientist, Charles Richter, who developed a scale for measuring the intensity of earthquakes.
    U

  • Tim Berners-Lee and the Development of the World Wide Web

    Ann Gaines

    Library Binding (Mitchell Lane Publishers, Nov. 1, 2001)
    Written especially for young adult readers, this series helps place each significant invention, discovery, or development in historical perspective while exploring the life of the person responsible for each breakthrough. Readers will travel back in time to learn about each important scientific, medical, or technological discovery. No science fiction story even approximates the mystery and suspense contained in these true science biographies.English computer scientist who invented the software known as the World Wide Web
    T