Project Penicillin - The Race to Develop a Life-Saving Antibiotic

Experience the greatest breakthroughs in science with the DK Discoveries series. On the battlefields of World War I, soldiers are dying from infected wounds. A young doctor witnessing the devastation vows to find a cure. In his messy laboratory a decade later, he makes an accidental discovery--a miracle mold that kills bacteria. But try as he might, he cannot turn his amazing find into a useful medicine. This is the story of that chance discovery and the brilliant scientists who took Alexander Fleming’s miracle mold and worked tirelessly to turn it into a treatment that doctors could use. As another war broke out in Europe, they found themselves in a race against time to grow enough penicillin and create the first antibiotic. Their teamwork and determination led to a class of drugs that saved countless lives and paved the way for modern surgery and other life-saving treatments.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: DK, Isabel Thomas, Thomas Isabel, Weston Wei
• Mitarbeit: Weston Wei (Illustration)
• Verlag: Dorling Kindersley USA
• Sprache: Englisch
• Altersempfehlung: 9 bis 12 Jahre
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erscheint: 24.02.2026
• EAN: 9798217134168
• ISBN: 9798217134168
• Seiten: 96
• Serie: DK Science Stories
• Themen: Kinder- und Jugendbücher > Sachbücher / Sachbilderbücher > Naturwissenschaft, Technik; JUVENILE NONFICTION / Science & Nature / Biology, JUVENILE NONFICTION / Science & Nature / Chemistry, People & places (Children's / Teenage), Educational: Biology, Educational: Chemistry