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Biology's beginnings / Joy Hakim.

Hakim, Joy, (author.).

Summary:

"This first of a four-part MITeen series charts the evolution of life science up to the late 1800s, when the origins of the virus was discovered by a baffled Dutch biologist who found a tiny infectious particle destroying tobacco crops."-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

ISBN: 1536222933
ISBN: 9781536222937
Physical Description: 185 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 24 cm.
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Somerville, Massachusetts : MITeen Press, 2023.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [166]-178) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Introduction -- Scientific superstar, a plague, and an influential artist-thinker -- Cultures clash, and a King sends his doctor to America -- Sharp-eyed lynxes want to know more: one of them is named Galileo -- Philosopher named Bacon and a bloody doctor -- Tongues that are teeth: a shark, steno, and the cimento -- Spontaneous? Why not? -- Magnified wonders help create and awesome book -- Seeing more is better: enhancing magnification; using an artist's eyes -- Name game: Linnaeus tries to name everything -- Big-time adventurer and a quiet scholar -- Three icons; one is pasteurized -- Tobacco disease in Holland baffles the experts -- Looking ahead -- For further reading -- Source notes -- Bibliography -- Image credits -- Index.