From Laughing Gas to Face Transplants : Discovering Transplant Surgery
(from the Chain Reactions series, Set 1 of 2)

This series explains the development of some major 21st century scientific advances. This book tells the amazing story of transplant surgery form Ancient India to modern facial reconstruction.

Author: John Farndon
ISBN: 9781403488404 (1403488401) • Dewey: 617.9'54 • List Price: $35.00 • Direct Price: $26.25
Ages: 11-14 • Grade Level: 6-9
Pages: 64 • Size: 6 9/16 x 9 1/2 • Publisher: Heinemann • Copyright: 2007
Subjects: Health • Features: Bio Sketch, Bullets, Captions, Chart/Graph, Fact box/Side bar, Numbered List or Sequence, Timeline

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Series Contents / Information

Grades
6-9

Chain Reactions
This series looks at developments, inventions and discoveries in science and how a discovery or invention by one individual can lead to a series of discoveries by others and even a chain of scientific breakthroughs. Each book charts a few connected developments in the particular field of science from first discoveries through to current applications.

ISBN: 9781403495587 (1403495580) • Number of Sets: 2 • List Price: $420.00 • Direct Price: $315.00

Includes the following 12 titles: From Cowpox to Antibiotics : Discovering Vaccines and Medicines, From DNA to GM Wheat : Discovering Genetic Modification of Food, From Greek Atoms to Quarks : Discovering Atoms, From Gunpowder to Laser Chemistry : Discovering Chemical Reactions, From Laughing Gas to Face Transplants : Discovering Transplant Surgery, From Mendel's Peas to Genetic Fingerprinting : Discovering Inheritance, From Microscopes to Stem Cell Research : Discovering Regenerative Medicine, From Newton's Rainbow to Frozen Light : Discovering Light, From Ptolemy's Spheres to Dark Energy : Discovering the Universe, From Sea Urchins to Dolly the Sheep : Discovering Cloning, From Steam Engines to Nuclear Fusion : Discovering Energy, From Windmills to Hydrogen Fuel Cells : Discovering Alternative Energy Sources

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