Everand Logo

Welcome to Everand!

  • Discover millions of ebooks, audiobooks, and so much more with a free trial

    Only $11.99/month after trial. Cancel anytime.

    The Vast Wonder of the World: Biologist Ernest Everett Just
    The Vast Wonder of the World: Biologist Ernest Everett Just
    The Vast Wonder of the World: Biologist Ernest Everett Just
    Ebook38 pages16 minutes

    The Vast Wonder of the World: Biologist Ernest Everett Just

    By Mélina Mangal and Luisa Uribe

    ()

    Switch to audiobook
    Read preview

    About this ebook

    "A must-purchase picture book biography of a figure sure to inspire awe and admiration among readers."—School Library Journal (starred review)

    Extraordinary illustrations and lyrical text present pioneering African American scientist Ernest Everett Just.

    Ernest Everett Just was not like other scientists of his time. He saw the whole, where others saw only parts. He noticed details others failed to see. He persisted in his research despite the discrimination and limitations imposed on him as an African American. His keen observations of sea creatures revealed new insights about egg cells and the origins of life.

    Through stunning illustrations and lyrical prose, this picture book presents the life and accomplishments of this long overlooked scientific pioneer.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherOpen Road Integrated Media
    Release dateNov 1, 2018
    ISBN9781541537958
    Author

    Mélina Mangal

    Mélina Mangal is a school library teacher and author of biographies and short stories for young people. She enjoys dancing, being in nature, and traveling with her family. Visit her at melinamangal.com.

    Related to The Vast Wonder of the World

    Related ebooks

    Children's For You

    View More
    View More

    Related podcast episodes

    Related articles

    • Article

      Plant Pioneer

      Oct 28, 2021

      Plant Pioneer
      4 min read

    • Article

      The Ecologist Who Threw Starfish: Robert Paine showed us the surprising importance of predators.

      Mar 10, 2016

      Even in 1963, one had to go pretty far to find places in the United States that were not disturbed by people. After a good deal of searching, Robert Paine, a newly appointed assistant professor of zoology at the University of Washington in Seattle, f

      14 min read

    • Article

      May The Fort Be With You

      Nov 2, 2023

      May The Fort Be With You
      14 min read

    • Article

      Notes From The Field

      Feb 27, 2019

      Notes From The Field
      2 min read

    • Article

      The Last Word with Jonathan Weiner: The more science knows, the more rich and mysterious the world becomes.

      Nov 27, 2014

      Jonathan Weiner is one of our favorite science writers. He animates topics like evolution and genetics with personal stories about pioneer scientists that read like adventures you don’t want to end. You can go to the Galapagos Islands to marvel at bl

      6 min read

    • Article

      How Your Embryo Knew What To Do: The forgotten story of the woman who discovered how animals get their shape.

      Nov 26, 2015

      This was the moment Hilde Proescholdt had been waiting for. Peering through her bench-top microscope in 1921, she beheld the soft mass of a salamander embryo. Fertilized two days earlier, the developing creature, no larger than a grain of sand, was n

      7 min read

    • Article

      This Is No Way to Be Human

      Jan 15, 2022

      This Is No Way to Be Human
      10 min read

    • Article

      Friend & Fellow ANT MAN

      Jul 1, 2020

      Friend & Fellow ANT MAN
      3 min read

    • Article

      Spark of Science: Sean B. Carroll: One biologist’s love for science got kickstarted by snakes.

      Mar 31, 2016

      In his latest book, The Serengeti Rules: The Quest to Discover How Life Works and Why It Matters, Sean B. Carroll tells us the remarkable story of Robert Paine, who revolutionized ecology by throwing starfish out of tide pools. Paine’s bold experimen

      1 min read

    • Article

      The Female Of The Species

      Mar 10, 2021

      The Female Of The Species
      5 min read

    • Article

      Woman In The Woods

      Jun 3, 2021

      1. I wanted to be a woman in the woods. I ended up in jail. 2. This is a story with no obvious beginning. Like a river of disputed origin. Let’s start in a hospital bed where a young woman has been watching blood clots work their way down a catheter

      20 min read

    • Article

      Boy Naturalist

      Jul 1, 2020

      Boy Naturalist
      4 min read

    • Article

      The Rebel Issue

      Apr 8, 2024

      Greetings, Nautilus readers, and welcome to The Rebel Issue. Starting today through the end of April we’re going to bring you stories that revolve around the meaning of rebel. In our own happy rebellion against the conventions of science writing, we’

      2 min read

    • Article

      Friend OF THE Owl

      Dec 18, 2023

      Friend OF THE Owl
      10 min read

    • Article

      Funerary Facts

      Sep 9, 2021

      An Archæological History of Burial Grounds, Graveyards and Cemeteries Lorraine Evans Pen & Sword 2020 Hb, 216pp, £19.99. ISBN 9781526706676 Human funerary practice is as varied as every other aspect of culture, and the rites practised by one culture

      8 min read

    • Article

      Darwin’s Revolution In Thought

      Jan 4, 2023

      God created the heavens and the Earth some 6000 years ago. He filled the planet with plants and animals, and finally he created man and woman. All existing species descend from the animals that survived God’s flood aboard Noah’s Ark. That is Genesis

      3 min read

    • Article

      What Made Early Humans Smart

      Jun 30, 2021

      Talking to Jeremy DeSilva about human evolution was so fun. As was reading his recent book, First Steps: How Upright Walking Made Us Human. I learned something new and fascinating on every page. Do you picture our hominin ancestors as hunters? I did.

      12 min read

    • Article

      It’s Personal: Five Scientists on the Heroes Who Changed Their Lives: Meet the inspiring people—none named Einstein—who helped these scientists find their calling.

      Dec 1, 2016

      The Man Who Loved PhysicsBy Alan Lightman Several years ago, I attended a Buddhist retreat in which I was introduced to the idea of the “retinue,” a constellation of influential and supportive people whom one imagines in an enveloping cloud as one me

      20 min read

    • Article

      Twelve Ways to Resurrect the Dead, Which Is to Say: To Write

      Dec 14, 2022

      1. The Egyptian Book of the Dead: The Book of Going Forth by Day (Chronicle Books, 2015) translated by Ogden Goelet, Raymond Faulkner, Carol A. R. Andrews, J. Daniel Gunther, James Wasserman. On not dying a second time. Nor losing your heart in the g

      5 min read

    • Article

      Else Bostelmann: Deep Sea Illustrator

      Sep 1, 2019

      Else Bostelmann: Deep Sea Illustrator
      5 min read

    Related categories

    Reviews for The Vast Wonder of the World

    0 ratings

    0 ratings0 reviews

    What did you think?

    Tap to rate

    Review must be at least 10 words

      Book preview

      The Vast Wonder of the World - Mélina Mangal

      Enjoying the preview?
      Page 1 of 1