Trace the history of life science in the first of a four-part MITeen
series by mega-best-selling author Joy Hakim, who brought us The
History of US.
When did we start learning the scientific secrets of life? Step back to
the Islamic Golden Age, when scholars ask questions about life science
and medicine that will establish those fields. Chart a path through the
Renaissance, as Leonardo da Vinci dissects cadavers by candlelight to
learn human anatomy firsthand. In this first of four volumes spanning
hundreds of years of scientific innovation and discovery, follow the
evolution of life science up to the late 1800s, when a baffled Dutch
biologist finds a tiny infectious particle destroying tobacco crops and
gives this particle a new name: virus. With Biology's Beginnings:
Discovering Life's Story, best-selling author Joy Hakim begins a
quartet of volumes mapping the path of human discovery as we unlock the
biological secrets of our own existence. Richly illustrated with
archival source materials and fine art, this STEM treasure trove
features a wealth of back matter certain to kindle the appetite of
science lovers.