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Seeds of Discovery: How Barbara McClintock Used Corn and Curiosity to Solve a Science Mystery and Win a Nobel Prize

by Lori Alexander

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Published
2025
Genre
Biography
Pages
128
Words
10733
URL
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/213051939-seeds-of-discovery

Reading measures

Accelerated Reader level
6.6
AR interest level
MG — middle grades, 4–8
Suggested reading age
ages 8–11

A young-reader biography of geneticist Barbara McClintock traces the curiosity, persistence, and unconventional research that led to major discoveries in genetics and a Nobel Prize.

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ISBN

ISBN-13
9780063245990
ISBN-10
006324599X

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ALSC NotablesBiographyNobel PrizeNonfictionPeople-ScientistsPeople-WomenScience-GeneticsScientific Method