Product Description: Scientists have been perfecting artificial eyes for several centuries. From the most basic versions where artificial eyes were painted and worn over the eyelid, to todays versions that make it virtually impossible to tell a person has lost their eye...read more

Biomedical engineering is the fastest growing engineering field. From designing life-saving medical devices to high-performance athletic gear, these engineers improve people's lives every day. This book explores the creative ways biomedical engineers help diagnose, treat, and prevent problems found in human body systems. Real-life examples make learning about the engineering design process interesting for readers.

Product Description: A machine that can see through your body to reveal the bones inside. It sounds like science fiction! Using simple text and clear photography, this book exposes readers to the technology behind this amazing diagnostic tool.

Product Description: Today, science offers explanations of things people once found freaky, and the human body is no exception. Everything our body does has a purpose, from our seemingly gross bodily fluids to the weird and wild ways we stay healthy. Readers take a journey through the human body, learning why (almost) every organ has a purpose and how the old adage What doesnt kill you makes you stronger is actually true in some ways...read more

[Young Adult Nonfiction (Ages 12-17)] [Read by Kevin R. Free][Includes bonus PDF with experiments, tips, and facts: ''Breakthrough Enhance''] In this inspiring and compelling memoir, eighteen-year-old Jack Andraka, who at the age of fifteen created an early-detection test for pancreatic cancer, delves into the challenges and triumphs he faced on the road to his revolutionary discovery.For the first time, teen innovator and scientist Jack Andraka tells the story behind his revolutionary discovery. When a dear family friend passed away from pancreatic cancer, Jack was inspired to create a better method of early cancer detection. At the age of fifteen, he garnered international attention for his breakthrough: a four-cent strip of paper capable of detecting pancreatic, ovarian, and lung cancers four hundred times more effectively than the previous standard. Jack's story is not just one of dizzying international success; it is a story of overcoming bullying and depression and finding the resilience to persevere. His account inspires young people, who he argues are the most innovative, to fight for the right to be taken seriously and to pursue their own dreams. Do-it-yourself science experiments are included in each chapter, making Breakthrough perfect for STEM curriculum. But above all, Jack's memoir empowers his generation with the knowledge that we can each change the world if we only have the courage to try.

Product Description: Collects six volumes on medical innovations, describing how such technologies as vaccines and anesthetics work, were developed, and what their applications are.

Product Description: Readers are introduced to the amazing world of modern medicine. Theyll discover, through easy-to-follow text and fascinating photographs, how the development of new technologies have improved medical treatments and even increased our life expectancies...read more

Product Description: This series provides in-depth curriculum coverage in relation to forces, and the nature of different types of energies.

Product Description: This addition to the visually stimulating Sci-Hi series looks at the application of science and new technologies to medicine and health, from drugs and surgery to scanners and robots, and how they affect our lives. It looks at new materials, discoveries, and inventions, and assesses their environmental impact...read more

Product Description: This addition to the Sci-Hi series looks at scientists who have made major advances and affected the way we live - men and women, historical and modern, and from a range of cultures. Some are household names, some deserve much greater recognition and credit than they currently receive, and others who have discovered and invented ground-breaking medical treatments...read more

Discover the incredible stories behind some of the greatest medical breakthroughs. Find out

This book examines seven amazing technological wonders of medicine: it covers the development of microscopy, vaccination, insulin, antibiotics, heart transplantation, the human genome (genetic information that an organism inherits from its parents) project, and nanomedicine using nanotechnology (tools that are 100 nanometers or smaller in size).

"Describes new technologies in medicine such as advanced imaging techniques, artificial limbs, designer drugs, gene therapies, stem cells, and nanotech medicine that are helping people live longer and discusses future medical technology"--Provided by publisher.

Product Description: This volume examines some of the scientific and technological breakthroughs that have revolutionized medicine. Find out about the groundbreaking discoveries that have saved billions of lives: antisepsis, vaccination, and antibiotics, to name a few. See ho

Product Description: This volume examines some of the scientific and technological breakthroughs that have revolutionized medicine. Find out about the groundbreaking discoveries that have saved billions of lives: antisepsis, vaccination, and antibiotics, to name a few. See ho

Product Description: When a medical emergency occurs, seconds often make the difference between life and death. Every day, people are saved as the results of improvements in diagnosis and care. Read this book to explore the many advancements that have occurred in emergency care and the role innovation played in their development...read more

Teaches the reader about the often painful and frequently distasteful medical practices that our ancestors employed such as using leeches, eating snail shells or body snatching, as well as those that are still used around the world. This work includes alternative therapies and major medical discoveries that changed the face of medical practice.

Describes several inventions and scientific discoveries including pain killers, pumps, bacteriology, and super rays, and includes arts and crafts activities for children.

Profiles four cases highlighting medical advances: the 1848 accident of Phineas Gage; the 2003 separation of conjoined twins Mohamed and Ahmed Ibrahim; the creation of arms for Diamond Excell; and the paralysis of actor Christopher Reeve.

Profiles four cases highlighting medical advances: the 1848 accident of Phineas Gage; the 2003 separation of conjoined twins Mohamed and Ahmed Ibrahim; the creation of arms for Diamond Excell; and the paralysis of actor Christopher Reeve.

Product Description: Describes the basic science principles and the history behind many inventions including false teeth or dentures, vaccine, anesthesia, antiseptic, hypodermic syringes, radiotherapy, the electrocardiograph, and a pacemaker.