Breakthrough : how one teen innovator is changing the world /

Breakthrough : how one teen innovator is changing the world / Jack Andraka with Matthew Lysiak.

"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 overcoming depression and homophobic bullying. Includes hands-on science experiments"--From publisher description.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Andraka, Jack, 1997- (Author), Lysiak, Matthew (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2015]
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Andraka, Jack, > 1997-
Scientists > United States > Biography.
Gay teenagers > United States > Biography.
Cancer > Early detection > Research.
Medical innovations.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: The intervention
  • Growing up Andraka
  • The geek in the closet
  • A recipe for disaster
  • The knowledge cure
  • Remember the patient
  • Failing upward
  • Cancer paper boy
  • Oh my God, we killed Morley Safer
  • Breakthrough
  • The school of Jack : experiments, tips, and facts.

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