Hello! Hi! I have book news!I first learned about H.S. Tsien when researching my thesis at @johnshopkinsu. It was during the height of COVID and the rise of anti-Asian hate, and I was just really struck by this idea that this Chinese scientist who had contributed so much to American science, had essentially disappeared from history, and a lot of it was because of how the U.S. government had treated him. I can’t thank @mollykh_tba enough for advocating for me and this book. And I feel over the moon that it’s found a home with @bloomsburychildrens, because @ericabrookeb and Cristina were my first introduction to publishing! And finally: thank you to @marthabee who first recommended this be a MG format, and @lryan_storms and Kate Gilbert who read the first proposal.

Computed tomography has revolutionised the study of the internal three-dimensional structure of fossils. Historically, fossils typically spent years in preparation to be freed from the enclosing rock....