Book Series

Big Ideas That Changed the World Books

In order from A Shot in the Arm! to All Charged Up!
A Shot in the Arm!
Rocket to the Moon!
Machines That Think!
We the People!
All Charged Up!
chapter • 368 Pages
A Shot in the Arm!
Series
Graphic Nov.
Book #1

A Shot in the Arm!

Written by Don Brown
8 - 12
Reading age
368
Page count
15
Words per page
May 1, 1971
Publication date
Hardcover
$13.99
$13.48

Summary

Award-winning author and illustrator Don Brown explores the history of vaccines from smallpox to COVID-19 in this installment of the Big Ideas That Changed the World graphic novel series. A Shot in the Arm! explores the history of vaccinations and the struggle to protect people from infectious diseases, from smallpox–perhaps humankind’s greatest affliction to date–to the COVID-19 pandemic. Highlighting deadly diseases such as measles, polio, rabies, cholera, and influenza, Brown tackles the science behind how our immune systems work, the discovery of bacteria, the anti-vaccination movement, and major achievements from Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, who popularized inoculation in England, and from scientists like Louis Pasteur, Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, and Edward Jenner, the “father of immunology.” Timely and fascinating, A Shot in the Arm! is a reminder of vaccines’ contributions to public health so far, as well as the millions of lives they can still save. Big Ideas That Changed the World is a graphic novel series that celebrates the hard-won succession of ideas that ultimately changed the world. Humor, drama, and art unite to tell the story of events, discoveries, and ingenuity over time that led humans to come up with a big idea and then make it come true. Read them all! Rocket to the Moon! Machines That Think! A Shot in the Arm! We the People! All Charged Up!

Big Ideas That Changed the World Series

Published from 1971 - 2024
5 books
chapter • 368 Pages
A Shot in the Arm!
Series
Graphic Nov.
Hardcover
$13.99$13.48
chapter • 136 Pages
Rocket to the Moon!
Series
Graphic Nov.
Hardcover
$15.99$14.98
chapter • 128 Pages
Machines That Think!
Series
Graphic Nov.
Hardcover
$14.99$13.98
chapter • 128 Pages
We the People!
Series
Graphic Nov.
Hardcover
$14.99$13.98
chapter • 128 Pages
All Charged Up!
Series
Graphic Nov.
Hardcover
$15.99$14.98
YearTitlePages
1971A Shot in the Arm!368
2019Rocket to the Moon!136
2020Machines That Think!128
2022We the People!128
2024All Charged Up!128

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