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Author
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
xvi, 346 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
Everything around us is made of 'stuff', from planets, to books, to our own bodies. Whatever it is, we call it matter or material substance. It is solid; it has mass. But what is matter, exactly? We are taught in school that matter is not continuous, but discrete. As a few of the philosophers of ancient Greece once speculated, nearly two and a half thousand years ago, matter comes in 'lumps', and science has relentlessly peeled away successive layers...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Introduces the big bang theory, describing how the universe began and how elementary particles combined to form our solar system and eventually Earth's simplest organisms, which in turn evolved to becomes complex forms of life and human beings.
3) Matter
Author
Publisher
Dorling Kindersley
Pub. Date
1992
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.3 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
64 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
Language
English
Description
Examines the elements that make up the physical world and the properties and behavior of different kinds of matter.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
What do atoms have to do with your life? In Your Atomic Self, scientist Curt Stager reveals how they connect you to some of the most amazing things in the universe.
You will follow your oxygen atoms through fire and water and from forests to your fingernails. Hydrogen atoms will wriggle into your hair and betray where you live and what you have been drinking. The carbon in your breath will become tree trunks, and the sodium in your tears will link...
Author
Publisher
Bushel & Peck Books
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"In this boldy illustrated book for beginners, kids will learn the basics of atoms, molecules, and how everything fits together to build the world we love. Bright collage art introduces protons, neutrons, electrons, elements, the periodic table, quantum mechanics, and much, much more!"--Back cover.
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