Paul Fleisher
Author
Series
Publisher
Lerner Publications
Pub. Date
c2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7 - AR Pts: 2
Description
Have you ever seen a magician make something disappear and question if anything could really just vanish? Do you know why the periodic table is set up the way it is? From Lavoisier and Joule to Dalton and Mendeleyev, take a look at the basic principles of matter and thermodynamics in a fun and exciting way.
Author
Series
Publisher
Lerner Publications
Pub. Date
c2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Do you know why a 10-ton boat floats but a tiny pebble sinks? Or why a hot air balloon will rise, but when you inflate a balloon it drops to the ground? From Archimedes and Boyle to Pascal and Charles, discover the basic principles of fluid mechanics in a refreshing and fun way.
Author
Series
Publisher
Lerner Publications Co
Pub. Date
c2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.3 - AR Pts: 2
Description
Did you know that both electricity and light move in waves, like water does? What does electricity have to do with magnets? From Benjamin Franklin and Charles de Coulomb to Georg Ohm and James Joule, readers will be introduced to the basic principles of light, electricity, and magnetism in an illuminating way.
Author
Series
Publisher
Lerner Publications Co
Pub. Date
c2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.2 - AR Pts: 2
Description
Do you ever wonder why it seems like you are not moving even though you are standing on a planet that moves through space? How does matter turn into energy? From Lavoisier to Einstein, Planck, and Bohr, the basic principles of modern physics are revealed in an exciting and appealing way.
Author
Series
Publisher
Lerner Publications
Pub. Date
c2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.3 - AR Pts: 2
Description
Have you ever wondered why things drop to the ground instead of float or fly? Or how a heavy satellite can orbit Earth without crashing into it? From Copernicus and Kepler to Galileo and Newton, the scientific laws that show how and why things move are explored.
9) The Big Bang
Author
Series
Publisher
Lerner Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2013
Description
Where did our universe come from? People have been trying to answer this question for thousands of years. The twentieth century brough new discoveries in physics and astronomy that led scientists to develop the Big Bang theory-a detailed idea that describes how our universe formed. According to this theory, the entire universe began in a single instant, in an unimaginably powerful explosion. That explosion created all time and space, all matter and...
10) Evolution
Author
Series
Publisher
Lerner Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2013
Description
Outraged people claimed that Darwin's theory had made humans the relatives of monkeys. Scientists were sure that species changed over time, but no one could explain how. In the 1800s, Charles Darwin's studies of thousands of specimens of living things showed that no two individuals of any species were exactly alike. He realized that over millions of years, some individuals had traits that gave them an edge to survive and reproduce. As they reproduced,...