Fever - Pattison, Darcy
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For ages 7-12 People were dying! Malaria is a deadly mosquito-borne disease that causes fevers, chills and often death. In 1969, the People's Republic of China created a task force to find a cure. Working in the 1970s, Chinese scientist Tu Youyou reviewed the traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) scrolls for ideas on where to start her research. She found 640 traditional treatments, and methodically started extracting compounds and testing them against malaria. Would any of them work? Courage, resilience, and perseverance--follow the struggles of Nobel Prize scientist Tu Youyou as she works to…mehr

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For ages 7-12 People were dying! Malaria is a deadly mosquito-borne disease that causes fevers, chills and often death. In 1969, the People's Republic of China created a task force to find a cure. Working in the 1970s, Chinese scientist Tu Youyou reviewed the traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) scrolls for ideas on where to start her research. She found 640 traditional treatments, and methodically started extracting compounds and testing them against malaria. Would any of them work? Courage, resilience, and perseverance--follow the struggles of Nobel Prize scientist Tu Youyou as she works to find a cure to malaria. Book 7, Moments in Science Series This exciting series focuses on small moments in science that made a difference. · BURN: Michael Faraday's Candle · CLANG! Ernst Chladni's Sound Experiments, 2019 NSTA Outstanding Science Trade Book · POLLEN: Darwin's 130 Year Prediction, Junior Library Guild selection, Starred Kirkus Review. 2020 NSTA Outstanding Science Trade Book · ECLIPSE: How the 1919 Eclipse Proved Einstein's Theory of General Relativity · EROSION: How Hugh Bennett saved America's Soil and Ended the Dust Bowl, 2021 NSSTA Notable Social Studies Book · A.I. How Patterns Helped A.I. Defeat World Champion Lee Sedol · FEVER: How Tu Youyou Used Traditional Chinese Medicine to Find a Cure for Malaria
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La escritora infantil y editora independiente, DARCY PATTISON ha escrito más de setenta libros infantiles galardonados de ficción y de no-ficción. Cinco libros han recibido reseñas estelares de PW, Kirkus o BCCB. Entre los galardones recibidos se encuentran un Honor Irma Black; cinco NSTA Outstanding Science Trade Books; cuatro honores ¡Eureka! de no-ficción; dos selecciones del Junior Library Guild; dos menciones en la lista de libros notables de NCTE en el área de Lenguaje, uno en el área de Estudios Sociales, uno en el área de STEM; un premio Arkansiana y un premio al libro de historia de Arkansas, Susannah deBlack. En 2007 recibió el Premio a las Artes del Gobernador de Arkansas para un artista individual por su trabajo en la literatura infantil. Sus libros se han traducido a diez idiomas.