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  • Junior Non-fiction
  • 2023
  • First edition.

Discovering life's story. Volume one, Biology's beginnings

Joy Hakim

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When did we start learning the scientific secrets of life? Step back to the Islamic Golden Age, when scholars ask questions about life science and medicine that will establish those fields. Chart a path through the Renaissance, as Leonardo da Vinci dissects cadavers by candlelight to learn human anatomy firsthand. In this first of four volumes spanning hundreds of years of scientific innovation and discovery, follow the evolution of life science up to the late 1800s, when a baffled Dutch biologist finds a tiny infectious particle destroying tobacco crops and gives this particle a new name: virus. Richly illustrated with archival source materials and fine art, this STEM treasure trove features a wealth of back matter certain to kindle the appetite of science lovers.

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Title Statement Discovering life's story. Volume one, Biology's beginnings / Joy Hakim.
Alternative Title(s) Biology's beginnings
Series Discovering Life's Story
Author Hakim, Joy
Publication Somerville, MA: MITeen Press,2023.
Edition First edition.
Extent of Item 185 pages
ISBN 9781536222937 (hardcover)
Other Number pr07197398
Contents Introduction: The Islamic world, the Christian world, and some foundational life science --Chapter 1. A scientific superstar, a plague, and an influential artist-thinker --Chapter 2. Cultures clash, and a king sends his doctor to America --Chapter 3. The sharp-eyed lynxes want to know more: one of them is named Galileo --Chapter 4. A philosopher named Bacon and bloody doctor --Chapter 5. Tongues that are teeth: a shark, steno, and the cimento --Chapter 6. Spontaneous? Why not? --Chapter 7. Magnified wonders help create an awesome book --Chapter 8. Seeing more is better: enhancing magnification; using an artist's eyes --Chapter 9. The name game: Linnaeus tries to name everything --Chapter 10. A big-time adventurer and a quiet scholar --Chapter 11. Three icons; one is pasteurized --Chapter 12. A tobacco disease in Holland baffles the experts.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary When did we start learning the scientific secrets of life? Step back to the Islamic Golden Age, when scholars ask questions about life science and medicine that will establish those fields. Chart a path through the Renaissance, as Leonardo da Vinci dissects cadavers by candlelight to learn human anatomy firsthand. In this first of four volumes spanning hundreds of years of scientific innovation and discovery, follow the evolution of life science up to the late 1800s, when a baffled Dutch biologist finds a tiny infectious particle destroying tobacco crops and gives this particle a new name: virus. Richly illustrated with archival source materials and fine art, this STEM treasure trove features a wealth of back matter certain to kindle the appetite of science lovers.
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By Topic Biology--Juvenile literature--History
Life sciences--Juvenile literature--History
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