The vast wonder of the world biologist Ernest Everett Just /

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Presents the life and accomplishments of the African American scientist, whose keen observations of sea creatures revealed new insights about egg cells and the origins of life.

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Main Author: Mangal, Mélina (Author)
Other Authors: Uribe, Luisa (Illustrator)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Minneapolis : Millbrook Press, [2018]
Physical Description:
38 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm.
Subjects:
Just, Ernest Everett, -- 1883-1941. -- Juvenile literature.
African American biologists -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Biologists -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
African American scientists -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Scientists -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.

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