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Guinea pig scientists : bold self-experimenters in science and medicine, Leslie Dendy and Mel Boring ; with illustrations by C.B. Mordan
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- Summary
- Stories of ten men and women, from the 1770s to the present, who devoted their lives, and sometimes risked them, to answer some of the big questions in science and medicine
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- viii, 213 pages
- Contents
-
- Baked British gentlemen / George Fordyce, England, 1770s
- Swallowing bags, bones, and tubes / Lazzaro Spallanzani, Italy, 1770s
- The sad story of laughing gas / William Morton and Horace Wells, United States, 1840s to 1870s]-- Daniel Carrión's deadly disease / Daniel Carrión, Peru, 1885
- The swat heard 'round the world / Jesse Lazear, Cuba, 1900 and 1901
- Night of the deadly blue glow / Marie and Pierre Curie, France, 1902 to 1934
- From ocean bottoms to mountaintops / John Scott Haldane and Jack Haldane, England, 1880s to 1940s
- Getting inside the heart / Werner Forssmann, Germany, 1920s to 1950s
- The fastest man on earth / John Paul Stapp, United States, 1940s and 1950s
- Locked in lost cave / Stefania Follini, United States, 1989
- Conclusion
- Authors' note
- History's timetable
- Resources
- Quotation sources
- Photo credits Acknowledgments
- Index
- Isbn
- 9780805073164
- Label
- Guinea pig scientists : bold self-experimenters in science and medicine
- Title
- Guinea pig scientists
- Title remainder
- bold self-experimenters in science and medicine
- Statement of responsibility
- Leslie Dendy and Mel Boring ; with illustrations by C.B. Mordan
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Stories of ten men and women, from the 1770s to the present, who devoted their lives, and sometimes risked them, to answer some of the big questions in science and medicine
- Awards note
- A Junior Library Guild selection.
- Biography type
- contains biographical information
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1946-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Dendy, Leslie A.
- Dewey number
- 616/.027
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- Intended audience
-
- Middle School
- 1100
- Intended audience source
- Lexile
- LC call number
- R853.S44
- LC item number
- D46 2005
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- Reading level
-
- 8.2.
- 8.6.
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
- 1939-
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
-
- Boring, Mel
- Mordan, C. B.
- Study program name
-
- Accelerated Reader
- Reading Counts!
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Self-experimentation in medicine
- Scientists
- Autoexperimentation
- Laboratory Personnel
- Scientists
- Self-experimentation in medicine
- Target audience
- juvenile
- Label
- Guinea pig scientists : bold self-experimenters in science and medicine, Leslie Dendy and Mel Boring ; with illustrations by C.B. Mordan
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-196) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier.
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent.
- Contents
- Baked British gentlemen / George Fordyce, England, 1770s -- Swallowing bags, bones, and tubes / Lazzaro Spallanzani, Italy, 1770s -- The sad story of laughing gas / William Morton and Horace Wells, United States, 1840s to 1870s]-- Daniel Carrión's deadly disease / Daniel Carrión, Peru, 1885 -- The swat heard 'round the world / Jesse Lazear, Cuba, 1900 and 1901 -- Night of the deadly blue glow / Marie and Pierre Curie, France, 1902 to 1934 -- From ocean bottoms to mountaintops / John Scott Haldane and Jack Haldane, England, 1880s to 1940s -- Getting inside the heart / Werner Forssmann, Germany, 1920s to 1950s -- The fastest man on earth / John Paul Stapp, United States, 1940s and 1950s -- Locked in lost cave / Stefania Follini, United States, 1989 -- Conclusion -- Authors' note -- History's timetable -- Resources -- Quotation sources -- Photo credits Acknowledgments -- Index
- Control code
- 55518216
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- viii, 213 pages
- Isbn
- 9780805073164
- Lccn
- 2004052364
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia.
- Media type code
-
- n
- Note
- UMSL: Jean Craighead George Children's Science Collection.
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)55518216
- Label
- Guinea pig scientists : bold self-experimenters in science and medicine, Leslie Dendy and Mel Boring ; with illustrations by C.B. Mordan
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-196) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier.
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent.
- Contents
- Baked British gentlemen / George Fordyce, England, 1770s -- Swallowing bags, bones, and tubes / Lazzaro Spallanzani, Italy, 1770s -- The sad story of laughing gas / William Morton and Horace Wells, United States, 1840s to 1870s]-- Daniel Carrión's deadly disease / Daniel Carrión, Peru, 1885 -- The swat heard 'round the world / Jesse Lazear, Cuba, 1900 and 1901 -- Night of the deadly blue glow / Marie and Pierre Curie, France, 1902 to 1934 -- From ocean bottoms to mountaintops / John Scott Haldane and Jack Haldane, England, 1880s to 1940s -- Getting inside the heart / Werner Forssmann, Germany, 1920s to 1950s -- The fastest man on earth / John Paul Stapp, United States, 1940s and 1950s -- Locked in lost cave / Stefania Follini, United States, 1989 -- Conclusion -- Authors' note -- History's timetable -- Resources -- Quotation sources -- Photo credits Acknowledgments -- Index
- Control code
- 55518216
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- viii, 213 pages
- Isbn
- 9780805073164
- Lccn
- 2004052364
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia.
- Media type code
-
- n
- Note
- UMSL: Jean Craighead George Children's Science Collection.
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)55518216
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