The Vast Wonder of the World

Biologist Ernest Everett Just

The fascinating life of Ernest Everett Just—world traveler, scientist, and poet—unfolds in a captivating biography, sharing his unique perspective and groundbreaking ideas. Colorful illustrations are full of hidden gems, painting an appealingly accurate picture of Just’s life and times, while a comprehensive timeline and real photographs detail the charged racial and political climate of the era, including the trials and triumphs of being an African American biologist and innovator in the early 1900s.

Reviewed by Pallas Gates McCorquodale

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