Oops! it's penicillin! /
Bard, Jonathan,
Oops! it's penicillin! / Oops! it is penicillin! Jonathan and Mariel Bard. - First edition. - 32 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm. - Accidental scientific discoveries that changed the world . - Accidental scientific discoveries that changed the world. .
Includes bibliographical references (page 31) and index.
Accidental breakthroughs -- A hidden world -- Good and bad microbes -- How antibiotics work -- Early pioneers of antibiotics -- Gross! Mold in the petri dish -- Fleming's follow-up experiments -- Working out the kinks -- Breakthrough: success in patients! -- Penicillin use during World War II -- The golden age of antibiotics -- Antibiotic resistance -- The power of mold juice.
"One of the single greatest leaps forward in human healthcare happened because of an accident in a laboratory. This serendipitous event was the result of a summer vacation in Scotland and an unattended experiment. Dr. Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin, one of the first antibiotics, in 1928 when he noticed that mold had gotten into a petri dish and it had prevented bacteria from growing. This book explores Fleming's accidental discovery, the science behind antibiotics, and the dawn of the era of antibiotics."--Google Books.
9781538239902 1538239906 9781538239926 1538239922
2018047092
Fleming, Alexander, Sir, 1881-1955 --Juvenile literature.
Penicillin--Juvenile literature.
Antibiotics--Juvenile literature.
Discoveries in science--Juvenile literature.
Illustrated works.
Oops! it's penicillin! / Oops! it is penicillin! Jonathan and Mariel Bard. - First edition. - 32 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm. - Accidental scientific discoveries that changed the world . - Accidental scientific discoveries that changed the world. .
Includes bibliographical references (page 31) and index.
Accidental breakthroughs -- A hidden world -- Good and bad microbes -- How antibiotics work -- Early pioneers of antibiotics -- Gross! Mold in the petri dish -- Fleming's follow-up experiments -- Working out the kinks -- Breakthrough: success in patients! -- Penicillin use during World War II -- The golden age of antibiotics -- Antibiotic resistance -- The power of mold juice.
"One of the single greatest leaps forward in human healthcare happened because of an accident in a laboratory. This serendipitous event was the result of a summer vacation in Scotland and an unattended experiment. Dr. Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin, one of the first antibiotics, in 1928 when he noticed that mold had gotten into a petri dish and it had prevented bacteria from growing. This book explores Fleming's accidental discovery, the science behind antibiotics, and the dawn of the era of antibiotics."--Google Books.
9781538239902 1538239906 9781538239926 1538239922
2018047092
Fleming, Alexander, Sir, 1881-1955 --Juvenile literature.
Penicillin--Juvenile literature.
Antibiotics--Juvenile literature.
Discoveries in science--Juvenile literature.
Illustrated works.