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
Scribe
27 May 2015
EPUB
256
1.76 MB
13+ years (13-19)
EN
Medical Screening
Medical Diagnosis
Disability & Illness
Fiction Dealing With Disability & Special Needs
True Stories: Discovery / Historical / Scientific
Biography & Autobiography: Science, Technology & Engineering
Indigenous Peoples
Inventors, Engineers & Medical Figures
Inventions
Psychology
Technology & Applied Sciences
Inventions & Inventors
Popular Medicine
Science
Rocks, Minerals & Fossils
Fungi, Mushrooms, Toadstools
Trees & Wildflowers
The Countryside, Country Life
Personal Awareness & Social Issues
Zoos & Wildlife Parks
Natural History, Dinosaurs & Pets
Biography & Autobiography: General
Assertiveness, Motivation & Self-Esteem
Australian
Mind, Body, Spirit
All Adult Titles
Non-Fiction (Child / Teen)
Family, Home & Self Help
Medicine
Biography & Autobiography
Medical Diagnosis
Disability & Illness
Fiction Dealing With Disability & Special Needs
True Stories: Discovery / Historical / Scientific
Biography & Autobiography: Science, Technology & Engineering
Indigenous Peoples
Inventors, Engineers & Medical Figures
Inventions
Psychology
Technology & Applied Sciences
Inventions & Inventors
Popular Medicine
Science
Rocks, Minerals & Fossils
Fungi, Mushrooms, Toadstools
Trees & Wildflowers
The Countryside, Country Life
Personal Awareness & Social Issues
Zoos & Wildlife Parks
Natural History, Dinosaurs & Pets
Biography & Autobiography: General
Assertiveness, Motivation & Self-Esteem
Australian
Mind, Body, Spirit
All Adult Titles
Non-Fiction (Child / Teen)
Family, Home & Self Help
Medicine
Biography & Autobiography
Reviews
'Spectacular stuff ... What Jack is doing is better than what I was doing in high school, I promise you.'
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.