Germ Stories
$101.93
- Hardcover
84 pages
- Release Date
30 June 2008
Summary
The rhyming tales of the tiny beasties in the germ parade with which Nobel laureateArthur KornbergP#160; regaled his children and grandchildren are now available for all in this beautifullyrendered childrenP#39;s picture book.Plt;brPgt;Over the years, Nobel laureate Arthur Kornberg regaled his children and grandchildren with rhyming tales of the tiny beasties in the germ parade. ArthurP#8217;s witty and charming poems and stories are now available for all in this beautifully rendered childrenP#8217;s picture book. Germ Stories will bring the microscopic world to life for the very youngest readers and grown ups alike with its richly imaginative narrations and its vividly rendered art and color photos.
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781891389511 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1891389513 |
| Author: | Arthur Kornberg |
| Publisher: | University Science Books,U.S. |
| Imprint: | University Science Books,U.S. |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 84 |
| Release Date: | 30 June 2008 |
| Weight: | 480g |
| Dimensions: | 13mm x 235mm x 311mm |
| Audience Age: | 8-12 |
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Critics Review
”‘A delight to adult and child.’ - Nature ‘Humorous yet informative.’ - Science ‘The Publisher does not guarantee Nobels for all of the children to whom this book is read, but about one in three of them should make it.’ - Hal Harris, J. Chem. Ed.”
Arthur Kornberg
Arthur Kornberg shared (with Severo Ochoa) the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 1959 for his laboratory synthesis of DNA. He is the author of several major books, including DNA Replication, second edition (W.H. Freeman and Company, 1991) and a scientific autobiography, For the Love of Enzymes: the Odyssey of a Biochemist (Harvard University Press, 1989). He is Professor Emeritus of Biochemistry at the Stanford University School of Medicine.
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