The Head Bone's Connected To The Neck Bone

The Weird, Wacky, and Wonderful X-Ray

Carla Killogh McClafferty

Farrar, Straus and Giroux

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A fascinating look at a scientific discovery that changed the world.

Through an engaging text and numerous photographs and illustrations, Carla Killough McClafferty tells the history of the X-ray, from its discovery to its uses today. The story begins in 1895, when Wilhelm Roentgen accidentally saw the bones of his own hand while experimenting with cathode rays in his laboratory in Germany. His gift to science led to an amazing revolution in medicine, but not without a terrible price: it was only through many scientists' injuries and deaths that the dangers of X-ray exposure were revealed. McClafferty's chronicle also covers such things as the use of X-rays in examining fine art and identifying forgeries; the study of Egyptian mummies by X-rays; and X-ray use in everything from astronomy to paleontology, from airplane manufacture to the familiar dentist's office.

McClafferty writes with an infectious excitement about her subject, with plenty of humor and respect for her intended young audience.

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Carla Killough McClafferty is a certified radiographic technician, and this is her first book for children. She lives in North Little Rock, Arkansas.

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The Head Bone's Connected To The Neck Bone
The Weird, Wacky, and Wonderful X-Ray
Carla Killogh McClafferty
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Books for the Teen Age, New York Public Library, National Science Teacher's Association-CBC, Outstanding Science Trade Books for Children

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Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
October 2001
Hardcover
ISBN: 9780374329082
ISBN10: 0374329087
Middle-Grade Nonfiction
7 1/2 x 9 inches, 144 pages, Black-and-white photographs throughout
Age Range: 8 to 12
Grade Range: 3 to 7
$17.00
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