Fradin, Dennis B.

With a little luck : surprising stories of amazing discoveries / Dennis Brindell Fradin. - 1st ed. - New York : Dutton Children's Books, c2006. - 183 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [178]-181)

Isaac Newton: the fall of an apple -- Mary Anning: the princess of paleontology -- Charles Goodyear: the rubber man -- Anesthesia: the greatest discovery ever made -- Ignaz Semmelweis: doctors wash your hands! -- Maria Sanz de Sautuola: the bulls on the ceiling -- Alexander Fleming: discoverer of penicillin -- Clyde Tombaugh: the search for Planet X -- Lise Meitner: the discovery of nuclear fission -- Muhammad Ahmed el-Hamed: the Dead Sea Scrolls -- Jocelyn Bell: the discovery of pulsars.

ISBN: 0525471960

Standard No.: 9780525471967

LCCN: 2005004798

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Discoveries in science.

LC Class. No.: Q180.55.D57 / F73 2006 Q180.55.D57 / F73 2006

Dewey Class. No.: 509