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Author:

Alexander, Lori, author.

Title:

All in a drop : how Antony van Leeuwenhoek discovered an invisible world / Lori Alexander ; illustrator, Vivien Mildenberger.

Publisher:

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt,

Copyright Date:

2019

Description:

93 pages : color illustration ; 24 cm

Subject:

Leeuwenhoek, Antoni van,--1632-1723--Juvenile literature.
Microbiologists--Netherlands--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Biologists--Netherlands--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Microscopes--History--Juvenile literature.
Microbiology--History--Juvenile literature.

Other Authors:

Mildenberger, Vivien, illustrator.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 90-91) and index.

Contents:

A golden age -- Big changes -- Seller of cloth -- An eye-opening trip -- Spreading the word -- Small lake, big discovery -- A most important letter -- In the name of science -- Last letters -- The father of microbiology.

Summary:

"For fans of the "Who Was" series, this lively, accessible, and full-color chapter book biography shows how a self-taught scientist was the first to observe the microbial life in and around us. By building his own microscope, Antony van Leeuwenhoek advanced humanity's understanding of our oft-invisible world around us."-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

1328884201
9781328884206

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1045463866

LCCN:

2018051351

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