- Paperback: 94 pages
- Publisher: Oxford University Press (31 July 1999)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0199105898
- ISBN-13: 978-0199105892
- Product Dimensions: 19.4 x 12.4 x 0.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,154,912 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Whether you're interested in cloning budgies or building black holes, the "How to" guides tell everything the reader needs to know. These hands-on guides provide step-by step instructions on how to build a Moon rocket, clone a sheep, split the atom or make a time machine. And on the way to becoming a time traveller or nuclear genius, you can learn about the brilliant scientists who first made these discoveries - and about the slightly less brilliant scientists who didn't. This book is a guide to genetics. In July 1995, a lamb was born in a shed in Scotland. This was a very special lamb. She was called Dolly, and she was an exact copy, or clone, of another sheep. For the first time in history, scientists had successfully cloned an animal! Learn the full story of Dolly and how she was born in "How to Clone a Sheep". The reader can also find out how to build a model cell, copy some DNA, and how to clone plants and animals at home!
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Hazel Richardson has achieved with How to Clone a Sheep something that many children's science writers fail at: making learning about science genuine fun. This cheap'n'cheerful paperback covers much ground, including the early ideas by the Ancient Greeks and Romans about inheritance, the discoveries and theories of Mendel and Darwin, the elucidation of the structure of DNA and the cloning of Dolly the sheep. No fact is presented in a dry style; the text is clear, funny and inventive, and credit must also go to the illustrator Andy Cooke, many of whose pictures are real rib-ticklers. Exciting projects, including making a model of DNA and cloning bacteria, plants, and frogs, are described for children to do at school or home. This book will definitely help children understand the basic concepts of genetics and cloning, which can only be a plus in a climate where many people throw their hands up in horror at their mention without knowing the facts. My one criticism is that I did, at times, want more details about individual scientists or discoveries. Perhaps Oxford University Press should consider publishing a larger, colour version with more information. However, How to Clone a Sheep makes an excellent read and should be, in my opinion, a compulsory book in all schools for young science students.
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I would have thought it would be difficult to make explaining genetics, cloning, and inheritance fun, but this book (along with great illustrations) does it. It's a short-ish book, but covers an immense amount of information. Lots of interesting history, the clearest explanation of DNA and inheritance I've ever read (I'm a science teacher), wonderful hands-on experiments, and a clear explanation of how cloning is actually done. Kids LOVE this book and can' t wait to do the experiments.
0 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
wowie- a book 4 all ages even if you are more of a cow person. sheep rule and the more we can get the better. plase make another book we wanna know how to clone cows. buy this and your life will become more exciting, its baaaaaaaaabulous baby!
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