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Author
Series
Publisher
Rourke Educational Media
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Animimics are the designers and engineers who are inspired by the genius of nature. Using a science called biomimicry, they rely on nature's 3.8 billion years of experience to research and create new or improved designs, materials, and systems.
Author
Series
Publisher
Crabtree
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
Find out about the groundbreaking discoveries that have saved billions of lives such as antiseptics, vaccines, and antibiotics. Learn how technology like X-rays, CT scans, MRI, and PET scans allow doctors to see inside our bodies.
10) Matilda Bone
Author
Language
English
Description
Fourteen-year-old Matilda, an apprentice bonesetter and practitioner of medicine in a village in medieval England, tries to reconcile the various aspects of her life, both spiritual and practical.
14) Counting Thyme
Author
Language
English
Appears on list
Formats
Description
"Thyme Owens moves across the country with her family so her younger brother can take part in a promising cancer drug trial, and though all she wants is for him to get better, adjusting to life in Manhattan is anything but easy"--
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"Teen scientist Jack Andraka chronicles his development of an inexpensive early detection test for pancreatic, ovarian, and lung cancer, and recounts his own personal story of overcoming depression and homophobic bullying. Includes hands-on science experiments"--From publisher description.
17) I want to live
Author
Series
Dawn Rochelle volume 2
Pub. Date
200u
Language
English
Description
At fourteen Dawn Rochelle has already survived her first bout with leukemia and has been in remission for almost a year. But, the fear of it returning is always there, and this year it becomes real. Conventional therapy fails; now a bone marrow transplant may be all that can save her.
Author
Series
Publisher
Smart Apple Media
Pub. Date
c2009.
Language
English
Description
"Describes new technologies in medicine such as advanced imaging techniques, artificial limbs, designer drugs, gene therapies, stem cells, and nanotech medicine that are helping people live longer and discusses future medical technology"--Provided by publisher.
20) Bubble
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Orphaned eleven-year-old Joe lives in a hospital due to his autoimmune disease, interacting only with his sister, an American boy with the same illness, and medical staff while dreaming of being a superhero.
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