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Breakthrough : how one teen innovator is changing the world
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"Teen scientist Jack Andraka chronicles his development of an inexpensive early detection test for pancreatic, ovarian, and lung cancer, and recounts his own personal story of overcoming depression...
"Teen scientist Jack Andraka chronicles his development of an inexpensive early detection test for pancreatic, ovarian, and lung cancer, and recounts his own personal story of overcoming depression and homophobic bullying. Includes hands-on science experiments"--From publisher description.
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- Creator
- Jack Andraka with Matthew Lysiak
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
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- Publication
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- First edition
- New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2015]
- ©2015
- Physical Details
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- 239 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 0062369652, 9780062369659
- OCLC
- ocn883367140
- Introduction: The intervention -- Growing up Andraka -- The geek in the closet -- A recipe for disaster -- The knowledge cure -- Remember the patient -- Failing upward -- Cancer paper boy -- Oh my God, we killed Morley Safer -- Breakthrough -- The school of Jack : experiments, tips, and facts
Subjects
- Andraka, Jack, 1997-
- Scientists -- United States -- Biography.
- Gay teenagers -- United States -- Biography.
- Cancer -- Early detection -- Research.
- Medical innovations.
- Cancer -- Early detection -- Research.
Children's Subject Heading
- Medical innovations.
Children's Subject Heading