Breakthrough: how one teen innovator is changing the world
By Jack Andraka
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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
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Breakthrough: how one teen innovator is changing the world
9781925307207
by Jack Andraka
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27 May 2015
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13+ years (13-19)
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Assertiveness, Motivation & Self-Esteem
Australian
Biography & Autobiography
Biography & Autobiography: General
Biography & Autobiography: Science, Technology & Engineering
Disability & Illness
Family, Home & Self Help
Fiction Dealing With Disability & Special Needs
Fungi, Mushrooms, Toadstools
Indigenous Peoples
Inventions
Inventions & Inventors
Inventors, Engineers & Medical Figures
Medical Diagnosis
Medical Screening
Medicine
Mind, Body, Spirit
Natural History, Dinosaurs & Pets
Non-Fiction (Child / Teen)
Personal Awareness & Social Issues
Popular Medicine
Psychology
Rocks, Minerals & Fossils
Science
Technology & Applied Sciences
The Countryside, Country Life
Trees & Wildflowers
True Stories: Discovery / Historical / Scientific
Wellness Collection
Zoos & Wildlife Parks
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Author Biography
Jack Andraka is the recipient of the Smithsonian American Ingenuity Award, was awarded first place in the Siemens We Can Change the World Challenge, and has received a National Geographic Explorer grant, the Intel Gordon Moore Award, and the Stockholm Water Prize. In 2013, he was Michelle Obamaas personal guest at the State of the Union address. Andraka has been featured in several documentaries, including Morgan Spurlockas You Donat Know Jack, and in newspapers and magazines around the world. He lives in Baltimore, Maryland, and enjoys kayaking and watching Glee.