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Breakthrough: The True Story Of Penicillin
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from Backinprint.Com (August 30, 2004)
9780595328499 | details & prices | 130 pages | 6.25 × 9.00 × 0.50 in. | 0.45 lbs | List price $12.95
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from Putnam Pub Group (April 1, 1985); titled "Breakthrough, the True Story of Penicillin"
9780396085799 | details & prices | Rec. grade levels 7-9 | List price $10.95
About: Describes the history of penicillin from the discovery of the mold by Fleming through the years of work by such scientists as Chain, Heatley, Florey, and Sheehan who purified, tested, synthesized, and eventually presented the 'miracle' drug to the world.