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Language
English
Description
Every one of us contains a billion times more atoms than there are gains of sand in the Earth's deserts. How did these elements combine to make us human? Levitt shares the awe-inspiring story of the elements that make up the human body, and how these building blocks of life traveled billions of miles across billions of years to make us who we are. It's also the story of the scientists who made groundbreaking discoveries-- investigations marked by...
6) Elements
Author
Publisher
Compass Point Books
Pub. Date
2009.
Edition
First hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
40 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
An introduction to the scientific concept of matter, including elements, compounds, and chemical symbols.
Author
Series
Publisher
Heinemann Library
Pub. Date
[2007]
Edition
Revised and updated.
Physical Desc
48 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm.
Language
English
Description
States of matter looks at important topics in chemistry, such as solids, liquids and gases, changes of state, the water cycle, and mixing solids, liquids and gases. There are seven informative experiments that can be carried out at home, and useful diagrams, including the periodic table.
10) Matter
Author
Series
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
48 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"This book details the science of matter. It explains what forms matter can take, how and why matter goes through changes, and more."--
11) Matter
Author
Series
Publisher
Children's Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
32 pages : color illustrations ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
Did you know that everything on Earth is made up of matter--including you? Learn fascinating facts about matter, answer fun science questions, and complete a hands-on activity, all in the pages of this colorful book.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
viii, 387 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), portraits, charts, facsimiles ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"In an intriguing blend of science and international adventure ... a Princeton professor of physics and astrophysics takes readers on a wild ride in search of a new kind of matter. The author's hunt for a rare crystal structure, once thought impossible, begins in the early 1980s, when he proposed the existence of "quasicrystals" with a unique property called "five-fold symmetry." Months of making paper models and Styrofoam-and-pipe cleaner "arts-and-craft"...
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
xv, 232 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Liquids can be explosive, delicious, occasionally poisonous, but Miodownik always finds them interesting. In showing us how much we rely on liquids, and the destructive power they hold, he offers a fascinating tour of these formless substances, told through the language of molecules, droplets, heartbeats, and ocean waves. From the volcanoes of Iceland, the frozen expanse of Greenland, to the marvelous California coastline, you'll come to see liquids...
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