Cool Careers in Medical Sciences - Softcover

Catherine Ivey Lee

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1933798289 ISBN 13: 9781933798288

Publisher: Sally Ride Science, 2010

Synopsis

This book features 12 engaging biographies of men and women in medical sciences from a neurobiologist and an epidemiologist, to a nutritionist, a medical illustrator, and more.

These remarkable scientists share their stories and provide personal photographs. They describe what they do, how they got into it, and why they enjoy it.

Next to each biography there are interesting and fun activities related to each career.

This innovative book, written by top-notch science writer Catherine Ivey Lee, conveys the excitement of medical sciences and the wide variety of careers available. It also inspires young readers to think about what they like to do and possible careers in medical sciences.

About this title

About the Author:

Catherine Ivey Lee became fascinated with biology when she dissected a frog and a rat in a high school physiology class. She studied human biology at Stanford University, then earned a master's degree in journalism from Columbia University. She has reported about science, health, and other news topics for The Associated Press, The Boston Globe, and Sally Ride Science. Catherine lives in San Diego, where she loves walking and biking along the water with her husband and their two children.

About this edition

• Publisher: Sally Ride Science
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1933798289
• ISBN 13: 9781933798288
• Binding: Perfect Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 36
• Editor: Tam O' Shaughnessy
• Illustrator: Erin Hunter