The Frog Scientist

Pamela S. Turner

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2009 - Juvenile Nonfiction - 58 pages

The critically acclaimed Scientist in the Field book about how one boy's interest in backyard science inspired a career in scientific discovery.

When Tyrone Hayes was growing up in South Carolina, he didn't worry about pesticides. He just liked to collect frogs. Tyrone's interest in science led him to Harvard University, and though he struggled at first, he found his calling in the research lab of an amphibian scientist.

Meanwhile, scientists discovered that all around the globe, frogs were dying. The decline has many causes, including habitat loss and disease. Tyrone discovered that the most commonly used pesticide in the United States, atrazine, may also play a role. Tyrone tested atrazine on frogs in his lab at Berkeley. He found that the chemical caused some of the male frogs to develop into bizarre half-male, half-female frogs. What was going on? That's what Tyrone wants to find out.

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User Review  - HadleyAdkins - LibraryThing

"The Frog Scientist" covers the work of Tyrone Hayes, a scientist studying the effects of pesticides on frogs. The book discusses the proper way to carry out a scientific experiment, discussing how ...

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User Review  - nmathur - LibraryThing

An excellent book that portrays the steps of the scientific method. The book describes the work done by Dr. Tyrone Hayes on frogs. Dr. Hayes is trying to find the effect of pesticides especially ...

Contents

• Contents: 1
• The Frog: 9
• The Amphibian Ark REDBANDED RUBBER FROG: 20
• Tyrones Question: 28
• Natures Answer: 39
• Glossary: 52
• Acknowledgments ROCOCO TOAD: 58

About the author

Andy Comins is a California photographer who specializes in portraiture and children's photography. His books include The Frog Scientist and Stronger Than Steel .
www.andycomins.com
Instagram: @amcomins Pamela S. Turner has a master's degree in public health from the University of California, Berkeley, and a special interest in microbiology and epidemiology. Her articles for children and adults have appeared in numerous scientific publications. Her books include Hachiko: The True Story of a Loyal Dog, Gorilla Doctors, The Frog Scientist, Dolphins of Shark Bay, and Project Seahorse. She lives in California.
www.pamelasturner.com

Bibliographic information

• Title: The Frog Scientist; Scientists in the field
• Author: Pamela S. Turner
• Photographs by: Andy Comins
• Illustrated by: Andy Comins
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2009
• ISBN: 0618717161, 9780618717163
• Length: 58 pages
• Subjects: Juvenile Nonfiction / Animals / Reptiles & Amphibians