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46 examples of military technology adopted for everyday use.
Many people have heard of things used in everyday life that came from military innovations, such as nuclear power and super glue. From War Room to Living Room tells the story of unexpected items such as Kotex, margarine, aerosol spray cans, and microwave ovens. The book explores 46 innovations and inventions ranging from computers to Cheetos. Each entry traces a history of an innovation and tells stories of the innovators, both in the war arena and the civilian arena. The book spans multiple eras from the Roman empire to the First Gulf War. Text and video resources follow each entry allowing readers to both visualize and further explore innovations of interest.
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Ever wonder who established the first hospital blood bank? (Hint: not the US) or how 3-D printing has changed medicine? Concerned about your physician’s educational credentials? If you lived in the first few decades of the twentieth century, you should have been. Medical school could be as short as six months with no educational pre-requisites until 1898 when the first university (no, not Harvard) began requiring a college degree to enroll in their medical school. Medical procedures and concepts we take for granted today from hypodermic needles to baby incubators began as an idea to solve a health problem. Fifty of these life-changing innovations and the trailblazers who developed them are explored in Medical Firsts: Innovations and Milestones That Changed the World.
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Are vaccines dangerous or have they saved millions of lives? Should we vaccinate or not vaccinate? What are the risks? What are the benefits?
In The Vaccine Debate, Tish Davidson explains how vaccines work and takes an even-handed look at six vaccine controversies from autism to mandatory vaccination to vaccination scheduling. Tish's second on vaccines gives concerned parents a basis for making informed vaccination decisions.
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For more information on vaccines, Tish Davidson's first book on vaccines Vaccines: History, Science, and Issues explains the science behind vaccines in clear, non-technical language. The book traces the history of vaccine research and the feuds among their developers. Controversy has surrounded vaccines from the start, and this book investigates past and current debates surrounding their use. Vaccines is a valuable resource for libraries, doctors' offices and for anyone wishing to understand the real vaccine story.
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