Explains how scientists learned about atoms, describes atomic structure, how atoms combine into molecules, and how they respond to changes around them, and suggests related activities.

"Two children learn about four different states of matter (solid, liquid, gas, and plasma) and what happens when matter changes form."--

In this exuberant exploration of the Black Lives Matter motto, a loving narrator relays to a young Black child the strength and resonance behind the words.

Experiments, magic tricks, and other activities explore the scientific principles of matter and energy.

Colin Kaepernick is a famous football star. He protested police treatment of black people in the United States by kneeling during the national anthem. Read about how he started a movement!

"Grace in All Simplicity narrates the saga of how we have prospected for some of Nature's most tightly held secrets, the basic constituents of matter and the fundamental forces that rule them. Our current understanding of the world (and universe) we inhabit is the result of curiosity, diligence, and daring, of abstraction and synthesis, and of an abiding faith in the value of exploration. In these pages we will meet scientists of both past and present....