Think Big!: The Greatest Ideas in Medicine

A look at the big ideas in medicine that have shaped and progressed the modern world

List of contents

• 1: Medicine
• 2: The smallpox vaccine
• 3: Antibiotics
• 4: Transplant surgery
• 5: Pacemakers
• 6: In vitro fertilisation (IVF)
• 7: MRI scanning
• 8: The Global Polio Eradication Initiative
• 9: The Human Genome Project
• 10: Stem cell research
• 11: Bionic prosthetics
• 12: Remote surgery
• 13: Immunotherapy
• 14: Glossary
• 15: Further information
• 16: Index

About the author

Sonya Newland has written and edited many books for children and young people, specialising in science, history and the natural world.

Summary

A look at the big ideas in medicine that have shaped and progressed the modern world

Foreword

A look at the big ideas in medicine that have shaped and progressed the modern world

Product details

• Authors: Sonya Newland, Newland Sonya, Wayland Publishers
• Publisher: Wayland
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 9 to 11
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2021
• EAN: 9781526316752
• ISBN: 978-1-5263-1675-2
• No. of pages: 32
• Dimensions: 214 mm x 270 mm x 8 mm
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Non-fiction books / Non-fiction picture books > Natural science, technology; JUVENILE NONFICTION / Technology / General, Interest age: from c 9 years, For National Curriculum Key Stage 2, For National Curriculum Key Stage 2 (England and Wales)