Author: Anna Claybourne
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781474927802
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Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Author: David Bodanis
Publisher: Crown
ISBN: 0307335984
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 322

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The bestselling author of E=mc2 weaves tales of romance, divine inspiration, and fraud through an account of the invisible force that permeates our universe—electricity—and introduces us to the virtuoso scientists who plumbed its secrets. For centuries, electricity was seen as little more than a curious property of certain substances that sparked when rubbed. Then, in the 1790s, Alessandro Volta began the scientific investigation that ignited an explosion of knowledge and invention. The force that once seemed inconsequential was revealed to be responsible for everything from the structure of the atom to the functioning of our brains. In harnessing its power, we have created a world of wonders—complete with roller coasters and radar, computer networks and psychopharmaceuticals. In Electric Universe, the great discoverers come to life in all their brilliance and idiosyncrasy, including the visionary Michael Faraday, who struggled against the prejudices of the British class system, and Samuel Morse, a painter who, before inventing the telegraph, ran for mayor of New York City on a platform of persecuting Catholics. Here too is Alan Turing, whose dream of a marvelous thinking machine—what we know as the computer—was met with indifference, and who ended his life in despair after British authorities forced him to undergo experimental treatments to “cure” his homosexuality. From the frigid waters of the Atlantic to the streets of Hamburg during a World War II firestorm to the interior of the human body, Electric Universe is a mesmerizing journey of discovery.

Author: Anna Claybourne
Publisher: Usborne Publishing
ISBN: 9780746080931
Category : Electric power
Languages : en
Pages : 63

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Author: Anna Claybourne
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Author: Nick Arnold
Publisher: Scholastic UK
ISBN: 1407146289
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 417

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Shocking Electricity is packed with sizzling zap-fillied facts to electrify every reader. Children can find out about the scientist who gave electric shocks to his eyeballs, that lightning can strike you with heat five times hotter than the sun and much more! Redesigned in a bold, funky new look for the next generation of Horrible Science fans.

Author: DK
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0744073383
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 51

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Help your child power up their reading skills and learn all about the science, history, and future of electricity with this fun-filled nonfiction reader carefully leveled to help children progress. DK Super Readers Level 4: The Shocking Story of Electricity will introduce kids to everything they need to know about electricity—including facts about the groundbreaking discoveries of early scientists and future challenges around global warming—and is a motivating introduction to using essential nonfiction reading skills, proving ideal for children ready to enter the riveting world of reading. DK Super Readers take children on a journey through the wonderful world of nonfiction: traveling back to the time of dinosaurs, learning more about animals, exploring natural wonders and more, all while developing vital nonfiction reading skills and progressing from first words to reading confidently. The DK Super Readers series can help your child practice reading by: - Covering engaging, motivating, curriculum-aligned topics. - Building knowledge while progressing key Grades 4 and 5 reading skills. - Developing subject vocabulary on topics such as electricity, science, and technology. - Boosting understanding and retention through comprehension quizzes. Each title, which has been leveled using MetaMetrics®: The Lexile Framework for Reading, integrates science, geography, history, and nature topics so there’s something for all children’s interests. The books and online content perfectly supplement core literacy programs and are mapped to the Common Core Standards. Children will love powering up their nonfiction reading skills and becoming reading heroes. DK Super Readers Level 4 titles are visually engaging, full of fun facts, and challenge young readers to broaden their subject knowledge while practising nonfiction reading skills. Perfect for children ages 9 to 11 (Grades 4 and 5) who are confident readers ready for a challenge.

Author: Stanley Finger
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0195366727
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 485

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This beautifully illustrated and scholarly book examines the importance of electric fishes in science and medicine and how three species in particular shaped neurophysiology. Anchored in the philosophy and science of past epochs, it is the story of one of Nature's greatest puzzles. Over a long and tortuous path, it focuses on how some numbing fishes helped to make physiology modern.

Author: Jacqui Bailey
Publisher: Capstone
ISBN: 9781404811294
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36

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Originally published: London: A & C Black, 2003.

Author: Buffy Silverman
Publisher: Britannica Digital Learning
ISBN: 0982382294
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 28

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Intermediate readers explore electricity.

Author: Iwan Rhys Morus
Publisher: The History Press
ISBN: 0752463810
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 216

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For the Victorians, electricity was the science of spectacle and of wonder. It provided them with new ways of probing the nature of reality and understanding themselves. Luigi Galvani's discovery of 'animal electricity' at the end of the eighteenth century opened up a whole new world of possibilities, in which electricity could cure sickness, restore sexual potency and even raise the dead. In Shocking Bodies, Iwan Rhys Morus explores how the Victorians thought about electricity, and how they tried to use its intimate and corporeal force to answer fundamental questions about life and death. Some even believed that electricity was life, which brought into question the existence of the soul, and of God, and provided arguments in favour of political radicalism. This is the story of how electricity emerged as a powerful new tool for making sense of our bodies and the world around us.