Publisher's Synopsis
"Alexander Fleming" is one of the titles in the new biography series, "Scientists Who Have Changed the World". This series is aimed at young people between the ages of 11 and 14 and is designed to encourage and create in children a greater awareness and understanding of science and its methods.;"Alexander Fleming" is a lively and concise narrative about the man who undoubtedly was responsible for one of the greatest medical advances in history - the discovery of penicillin. A discovery that was to save untold millions of lives.;"Alexander Fleming", is not, however, just a biography of the man who discovered penicillin. The book explores the work by the team of scientists in Oxford that made Fleming's marvellous discovery of the "juice of a mould" into a drug that would help millions.
