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Hidden worlds : looking through a scientist's microscope
Título:
Hidden worlds : looking through a scientist's microscope

Scientists In the Field
Series:
Scientists In the Field
Format:
Libros
ISBN:
9780618055463
Publication Information:
Boston : Houghton Mifflin, c2001.
Summary:
This is a multi-title review. The titles are ' Anthropologist: Scientist of the People(64p.)' and ' Hidden Worlds: Looking through a Scientist's Micropscope(61p.)'. Gr. 4-7. From the Scientists in the Field series that produced outstanding titles such as Nic Bishop's Digging for Bird Dinosaurs (2000) come these fine new entries. Anthropologist introduces readers to Magdalena Huriado and Kim Hill, a husband-and-wife team who study the Ache of Paraguay, one of the few remaining hunting and gathering peoples. Batten's graceful text covers basic science concepts (what an anthropologist really does; what evolutionary biology is) in accessible, clear language and examples just right for kids, offering fascinating hypotheses along the way. Hidden Worlds focuses on the work of Hawaii-based microscopist Dennis Kunkel. The text nicely illustrates how a scientist explores, discovers, and formulates questions. The stunning color photographs, provided by the scientists themselves, are the books' real strength. Huriado and Hill's shots bring the Ache's way of life up close, without sensationalizing, while kids will pore over Kunkel's magnified shots of a carpet flea, red blood cells, and more. Substantive, readable, and visually outstanding. - Gillian Engberg AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION, c2001.-