{"product_id":"discovering-lifes-story","title":"Discovering Lifes Story","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"An engrossing chronicle for readers ages 12 and older\" \u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHow did our scientific quest to understand life begin? \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the earliest questioning about the origins of life \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eto the first use of the word virus, this compelling and \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003einformative non-fiction book for readers 12 plus unfolds the history of biology itself.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor most of human history, we haven’t known the secrets of life itself. In this fascinating book, the renowned author of A History of US, Joy Hakim, takes us back through time to biology’s beginnings…\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eObserve the inquisitive scholars of Ancient Greece and the Islamic Golden Age as they began to ask questions about how the human body works; journey to the Renaissance where Leonardo da Vinci was dissecting cadavers to uncover human anatomy; and stop in the late 1800s, where a baffled Dutch biologist found a tiny infectious particle destroying tobacco crops, which he named virus.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDiscovering Life’s Story: Biology’s Beginnings\u003c\/i\u003e is the first in an all-new multivolume work that follows the course of human discovery as we have worked to unlock the biological secrets of our own existence.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Eye-catching photographs and illustrations supplement Hakim’s simple but engagingly fact-rich prose, making this an ideal introductory text for any budding naturalist, scientist or doctor.” \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A work of nonfiction for adolescent readers that has the brio of an adventure story ... Abundant illustrations—maps, portraits, engravings—help keep the pace excitingly brisk.” \u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal, Best Books for Children of 2023\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57305864143230,"sku":"NW9781529512212","price":15.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781529512212.jpg?v=1778518811","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/discovering-lifes-story","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}