Bibliograph

With a little luck, surprising stories of amazing discoveries, Dennis Brindell Fradin

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With a little luck, surprising stories of amazing discoveries, Dennis Brindell Fradin

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages [178]-181)

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Intended audience

1130, Lexile

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

With a little luck

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

57965650

Responsibility statement

Dennis Brindell Fradin

resource.studyProgramName

Accelerated Reader AR, MG, 8.7, 8.0, 104218.Reading Counts RC, 6-8, 9, 11, Quiz: 39124, Guided reading level: Z.

Sub title

surprising stories of amazing discoveries

Summary

Discusses eleven scientific discoveries found as a result of chance events and unexpected laboratory results, from Newton's discovery of gravity after observing an apple fall to Alexander Fleming's discovery of penicillin when mold landed on a bacteria culture

Table Of Contents

Isaac Newton: the fall of an apple -- Mary Anning: the princess of paleontology -- Charles Goodyear: the rubber man -- Anesthesia: the greatest discovery ever made -- Ignaz Semmelweis: doctors, wash your hands! -- Maria Sanz de Sautuola: the bulls on the ceiling -- Alexander Fleming: discoverer of penicillin -- Clyde Tombaugh: the search for Planet X -- Lise Meitner: the discovery of nuclear fission -- Muhammad Ahmed el-Hamed: the Dead Sea Scrolls -- Jocelyn Bell: the discovery of pulsars

Target audience

pre adolescent

resource.variantTitle

Little luck

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