Fascinating True Science Stories for Smart Kids
What if the doctor who proved ulcers aren't caused by stress did it by drinking a glass full of live bacteria? What if a man once jumped from 24 miles above the Earth - and broke the sound barrier with just his body? What if an octopus escaped from a locked aquarium tank, crawled across the floor, and squeezed through a drainpipe all the way to the open ocean?
Every single story in this book is true.
Fascinating True Science Stories for Smart Kids takes you inside nine astonishing chapters - from the universe to the deep ocean floor - packed with the real discoveries, accidents, and daring experiments that changed everything we know about our world. Meet the scientists who were laughed at, the inventors who died broke, the animals who turned out to be far smarter than anyone imagined - and the handful of moments when one person's curiosity changed history forever.
Inside, you'll find:
The man who jumped from the edge of space and broke the sound barrier with his own body, The octopus who planned and executed a prison break from a locked aquarium tank, The 15-year-old boy who invented the reading system used by every blind person on Earth today, The doctor who drank a petri dish full of bacteria and won a Nobel Prize for it, The forgotten woman whose photograph unlocked the secret of DNA and never received credit for it, The parrot who understood the concept of zero, And the bridge that destroyed itself - and why every bridge built since has been tested differently because of it.No fiction. No exaggeration. Just the truth - which, as it turns out, is more unbelievable than anything anyone could make up.
Perfect for curious readers ages 8-12, and for any adult who remembers what it felt like to discover something amazing for the first time.
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