Lisa Yount
Autor(a) de Antoni Van Leeuwenhoek: First to See Microscopic Life (Great Minds of Science)
About the Author
Lisa Yount, a graduate of Stanford University in English and creative writing, has written educational materials for young people for more than 40 years. She has penned or edited more than 50 published books, nine of which have won awards or been included on "most recommended" lists. Among her mostrar mais books are Animal Rights, Revised Edition; Energy Supply; Patients' Rights in the Age of Managed Health Care; A to Z of Women in Science and Math, Revised Edition; and several biographical volumes in Chelsea House's Makers of Modern Science set. mostrar menos
Obras por Lisa Yount
Modern Astronomy: Expanding the Universe (Milestones in Discovery and Invention) (2006) 14 exemplares
Forensic Science: From Fibers to Fingerprints (Milestones in Discovery and Invention) (2006) 6 exemplares
Antoni Van Leeuwenhoek: Genius Discoverer of Microscopic Life (Genius Scientists and Their Genius Ideas) (2014) 6 exemplares
Frontier of Freedom: African Americans in the West (Library of African-American History) (1997) 5 exemplares
Alfred Blalock, Helen Taussig, and Vivien Thomas: Mending Children's Hearts (Trailblazers in Science and… (2011) 5 exemplares
Rosalind Franklin: Photographing Biomolecules (Trailblazers in Science and Technology) (2011) 5 exemplares
Alfred Wegener: Creator of the Continental Drift Theory (Makers of Modern Science series) (2009) 5 exemplares
Modern Marine Science: Exploring the Deep (Milestones in Discovery and Invention) (2006) 4 exemplares
Luc Montagnier: Identifying the AIDS Virus (Trailblazers in Science and Technology) (2011) 3 exemplares
William Harvey: Genius Discoverer of Blood Circulation (Genius Scientists and Their Genius Ideas) (2014) 2 exemplares
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- Obras
- 70
- Membros
- 529
- Popularidade
- #47,055
- Avaliação
- 3.8
- Críticas
- 3
- ISBN
- 142
The story that my professor told is that Leeuwenhoek was horrified to see what was living on his teeth, and after noticing that there were fewer living beasts after he drank coffee or tea, he took to drinking it hotter and hotter, until eventually the scalding liquid weakened his gums and he lost all his teeth.
It's a great story. And as we were working to land a grant for an exhibit about teeth and the mouth at Impression 5, I found myself telling the story at work. Until, as I was telling the story to two of the managers, it suddenly struck me that this story was possibly way too good to be actually true. So I started a quest to verify it. There was depressingly little on the internet, so I looked for books, and those were impossible as well! The only thing I could find an actual copy of was this, part of a series of scientist biographies that seem to be written for elementary school libraries. And no, I'm not judging. I couldn't put it down. Literally. I read most of this book on the walk to work despite the spectacle of walking around with a book clearly written for grade schoolers. And I don't care, because this book was awesome. For weeks I was insufferable, telling absolutely everyone the story of Leeuwenhoek and his microscopes. So much so that I spent some serious time considering looking harder for a "grown-up" biography, and if I couldn't find one WRITING MY OWN. Yeah. Anyone want to float me a contract on spec?
(And no, the "old toothless" story was not in this book. But this is a book for kids -- so I still consider the story neither confirmed nor denied.)… (mais)