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Discovering life's story. Volume one, Biology's beginnings / Joy Hakim.

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MITeen Press, c2023.

570.9 H155dLs v.1

Biology -- History.

Life sciences -- History.

Alternate title:

Biology's beginnings

185 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The Islamic World, the Christian World, and some foundational life science -- A scientific superstar, a plague, and an influential artist-thinker -- Cultures clash, and a king sends his doctor to America -- The sharp-eyed lynxes want to know more: one of them is named Galileo -- A philosopher named Bacon and a bloody doctor -- Tongues that are teeth: a shark, steno, and the Cimento -- Spontaneous? Why not? -- Magnified wonders help create an awesome book -- Seeing more is better: enhancing magnification; using an artist's eyes -- The name game: Linnaeus tries to name everything -- A big-time adventurer and a quiet scholar -- Three icons; one is Pasterurized -- A tobacco disease in Holland baffles the experts.

Trace the history of life science in the first of a four-part MITeen series by mega-best-selling author Joy Hakim, who brought us The History of US.

Ages 14 and up.

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