The Vast Wonder of the World: Biologist Ernest Everett Just

This biography follows African American biologist Ernest Everett Just from his careful childhood observations to his scientific work on sea creatures and egg cells. Despite financial, health, family, and racist barriers, Just graduates from Dartmouth College, becomes a biology professor at Howard University, and teaches students his observational approach. His research produces discoveries about egg-cell function during fertilization, but racism continues to affect his career and leads him to relocate to France. Notes, a timeline, glossary, and research sources extend the account.