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From African Plant to Vaccine Preservation (21st Century Skills Innovation Library: Innovations from Nat)
Synopsis
Learn about how nature has inspired technological innovations with this book on the similarities between an African plant and preserving vaccines. Integrating both historical and scientific perspectives, this book explains how a plant inspired the invention of a new way to preserve vaccines. Readers will make connections and examine the relationship between the two concepts. Sidebars, photographs, a glossary, and a concluding chapter on important people in the field add detail and depth to this informational text on biomimicry.
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The Innovations from Nature series explores how researchers take ideas from plants and animals and turn them into projects with practical applications. Each book looks at one aspect of nature and the inventive work it has inspired. The text is usually clear, short, and to the point. With colorful photos and page design as well as plenty of white space, the books are inviting. From African Plant describes how scientists have used the resurrection plant to create a way of preserving vaccines that can withstand wide variations in temperature without spoiling or freezing. Each book concludes with a chapter highlighting the work of a few significant researchers in the field. Short but intriguing books on biomimicry. Grades 4-7. --Carolyn Phelan
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- PublisherCherry Lake Publishing
- Publication date2014
- ISBN 10 1624317537
- ISBN 13 9781624317538
- BindingLibrary Binding
- Number of pages32
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