Selman Waksman and the Discovery of the Streptomycin

By Karen Gordon

Written especially for young adult readers, this series helps place each significant invention, discovery, or development in historical perspective while exploring the life of the person responsible for each breakthrough. Readers will travel back in time to learn about each important scientific, medical, or technological discovery. No science fiction story even approximates the mystery and suspense contained in these true science biographies.The microbiologist who spent his life studying microbes in the soil and discovered streptomycin, the first effective treatment of tuberculosis.

• Format: Library Binding
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1584151382
• ISBN13: 9781584151388
• Release Date: November 2002
• Publisher: Mitchell Lane Publishers
• Length: 48 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 7.3" x 9.7"
• Age Range: 9 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 4 to 7