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Science Quest: Killing Germs, Saving Lives: The Quest for the First Vaccines
The challenge for young follow the scientific quest to finding the world's first vaccines—and move towards a future of saving lives worldwide.
Thanks to modern vaccines, many diseases, such as smallpox, cholera, and polio, have been virtually eradicated. Before the discovery of vaccines, however, epidemics killed thousands of people worldwide every year.
Killing Germs, Saving Lives traces the path to the creation of the vaccines that revolutionized modern medicine. Young readers learn of the background to this historic quest through fascinating profiles of the men and women whose breakthroughs changed the world. Personal portraits of the scientists involved give aspiring young scientists a look at great figures like Louis Pasteur, Joseph Lister, and Florence Nightingale.
Readers will tour the germ-filled hospitals of the past, examine the current state of vaccine research, and look ahead to future developments in this fascinating scientific field.
National Geographic supports K-12 educators with ELA Common Core Resources.
Visit www.natgeoed.org/commoncore for more information.
Thanks to modern vaccines, many diseases, such as smallpox, cholera, and polio, have been virtually eradicated. Before the discovery of vaccines, however, epidemics killed thousands of people worldwide every year.
Killing Germs, Saving Lives traces the path to the creation of the vaccines that revolutionized modern medicine. Young readers learn of the background to this historic quest through fascinating profiles of the men and women whose breakthroughs changed the world. Personal portraits of the scientists involved give aspiring young scientists a look at great figures like Louis Pasteur, Joseph Lister, and Florence Nightingale.
Readers will tour the germ-filled hospitals of the past, examine the current state of vaccine research, and look ahead to future developments in this fascinating scientific field.
National Geographic supports K-12 educators with ELA Common Core Resources.
Visit www.natgeoed.org/commoncore for more information.
64 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 2006
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July 30, 2012
This book is chock-full of information *ehm*(cough)propaganda*erhm* about the development and usefulness of vaccines.
Hey. I get that this is a book for young people, but if you're going to teach any subject matter, you need to tell the whole story, not just the high points. --especially when you're talking about something that you may, or may not, be considering injecting in to your body --
Modern controversy aside, developing "safe, effective" vaccines was not all sunshine and rainbows as this book might lead you to believe. The multiple polio vaccine debacles weren't even that long ago!
(not sure what I'm referencing? Start here. http://www.henrymakow.com/hidden_hist...
It's part of vaccine history and should not be glossed over!)
Whatever your position is in the vaccine debate, it's simply not honorable to deny facts regardless of how they help, or hurt your point of view.
Hey. I get that this is a book for young people, but if you're going to teach any subject matter, you need to tell the whole story, not just the high points. --especially when you're talking about something that you may, or may not, be considering injecting in to your body --
Modern controversy aside, developing "safe, effective" vaccines was not all sunshine and rainbows as this book might lead you to believe. The multiple polio vaccine debacles weren't even that long ago!
(not sure what I'm referencing? Start here. http://www.henrymakow.com/hidden_hist...
It's part of vaccine history and should not be glossed over!)
Whatever your position is in the vaccine debate, it's simply not honorable to deny facts regardless of how they help, or hurt your point of view.
Displaying 1 - 2 of 2 reviews