Johnson, Rose, 1981- Scientific breakthroughs

Discovery number 1: Using microscopes -- Discovery number 2 : Classifying life -- Discovery number 3: Photosynthesis -- Discovery number 4: Discovering extinction -- Discovery number 5: Chemistry of life -- Discovery number 6: Cell biology -- Discovery number 7: Natural selection -- Discovery number 8: Inheritance -- Discovery number 9: Using energy -- Discovery number 10: Primordial soup -- Discovery number 11: The structure of DNA -- Discovery number 12: Genetic engineering -- Discovery number 13: Black smokers -- Discovery number 14: Death of the dinosaurs -- Discovery number 15: Cloning -- Timeline

The planet Earth has more than 8 million species of complex life, and perhaps millions more of simpler bugs and germs. Life science studies these living things and investigates where life forms came from and they survive. This book examines fifteen of the most essential discoveries in the history of the study of life science, including the implications resulting from of each finding. Readers will learn about early discoveries, such as the invention of the microscope, the discovery of photosynthesis, and development of the concept of natural selection, along with more recent revelations, such as the structure of DNA and cloning of Dolly the Sheep

Grades 5 to 8