Milestones in Discovery and Invention
No. of pages 146
Published: 1998
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Combining biography, scientific reasoning, and history, each volume in the series investigates a particular field, such as nuclear physics, communications, and medical technology. Enhanced by the use of primary sources, each chapter examines a milestone invention, the specific inventor (or inventors), the process and inspiration, and how the discovery forever changed the world.
Further reading lists at the end of each chapter provide direction to those who wish to learn more.
Chapters cover the work and discoveries of William Morton, Joseph Lister, Wilhelm Rontgen, Karl Landsteiner, Willem Kolff and Robert Jarvik, Christian Barnard and Norman Shumway, Godfrey Hounsfield and Raymond Damadian, and explore medical technology for the twentieth-first century.
This book is part of a book series called Milestones in Discovery And Invention .
This book is aimed at children in secondary school.
There are 146 pages in this book. This book was published 1998 by Facts On File Inc .
Lisa Yount has written or edited 32 published books, eight of which have won awards or been included on ""most recommended"" lists. Her books for Facts On File include Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering, Physician-Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia, Patients' Rights in the Age of Managed Health Care, Animal Rights, Genetics and Genetic Engineering, among others.
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