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Alexander Fleming: Discoverer of Penicillin
A biography of the British bacteriologist, born in Scotland, who was knighted and awarded the 1945 Nobel Prize in medicine for discovering penicillin
112 pages, Library Binding
First published September 1, 1997
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October 26, 2024Triggered my microbiological enlightenment in elementary school. I became less germaphobic. (I blame those Swiffer wetjet commercials with the little bugs on everything).
It got me excited about science; a way to understand the world through my own experience and experimentation. I remember thinking, wow, anyone could have spit in a Petri dish and discovered those antibiotic effects. I wish I did first. Then he explored and documented the phenomena to understand it; and then 100 years later, you get a biography for kids like me to read. I used to want to be that guy so badly; to figure out something like that, something innate about the world that can really help people, and to be remembered through history for it. Real science heroes…
It got me excited about science; a way to understand the world through my own experience and experimentation. I remember thinking, wow, anyone could have spit in a Petri dish and discovered those antibiotic effects. I wish I did first. Then he explored and documented the phenomena to understand it; and then 100 years later, you get a biography for kids like me to read. I used to want to be that guy so badly; to figure out something like that, something innate about the world that can really help people, and to be remembered through history for it. Real science heroes…
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