Oops! It's Penicillin!

ISBN-10: 1538239930
ISBN-13: 9781538239933
Category: Juvenile Nonfiction
Pages: 32
Language: English
Published: 2019-07-15
Publisher: Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP
Authors: Jonathan Bard, Mariel Bard

Description

One of the single greatest leaps forward in human healthcare happened because of an accident in a laboratory. This serendipitous event was the result of a summer vacation in Scotland and an unattended experiment. Dr. Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin, one of the first antibiotics, in 1928 when he noticed that mold had gotten into a petri dish and it had prevented bacteria from growing. This book explores Fleming's accidental discovery, the science behind antibiotics, and the dawn of the era of antibiotics.

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