Science Comics #1

An anthology of educational science-focused stories presented in comic format. "White Magic: The Miracle of Penicillin" chronicles the accidental discovery of penicillin in a laboratory at St. Mary's College in London in 1928, explaining how the scientist's work on microbe cultures led to one of medicine's greatest breakthroughs. "How Soda Pop Gas Fights Fire" details the properties of carbon dioxide gas and its practical applications in firefighting, demonstrating how the same gas that carbonates beverages can extinguish flames by removing oxygen. "How Marconi Invented the Wireless" depicts Guglielmo Marconi's development of wireless transmission technology, showing how he was inspired by reading about Heinrich Hertz's electrical wave theories and subsequently spent two years experimenting before successfully transmitting signals across a quarter mile in 1896.