Author: Nick Arnold Publisher: Scholastic UK ISBN: 1407146289 Category : Juvenile Nonfiction Languages : en Pages : 417
Book Description
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: David Bodanis Publisher: Crown ISBN: 0307335984 Category : Science Languages : en Pages : 322
Book Description
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: Stanley Finger Publisher: Oxford University Press ISBN: 0195366727 Category : Medical Languages : en Pages : 485
Book Description
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: Julie K. Lundergren Publisher: ISBN: Category : Children's literature Languages : en Pages : 0
Book Description
An introduction to electricity. Find out how we use electricity and how to build a circuit. Correlated to Common Core, Texas TEKS, Virginia SOLs and Georgia Performance Standards.
Author: Iwan Rhys Morus Publisher: The History Press ISBN: 0752463810 Category : Science Languages : en Pages : 315
Book Description
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.
Author: Liam O'Donnell Publisher: Capstone ISBN: 1543529496 Category : Juvenile Nonfiction Languages : en Pages : 33
Book Description
"Join Max Axiom for an electrifying adventure to learn all about how power is produced and harnessed for human use. Young readers will supercharge their knowledge of the shocking world of electricity! Download the free Capstone 4D app for an augmented reality experience that goes beyond the printed page. Videos, writing prompts, discussion questions, and hands-on activities make this updated edition come alive and keep your collection current."--
Author: Nick Arnold Publisher: Scholastic Paperbacks ISBN: 9780545985420 Category : Electricity Languages : en Pages : 176
Book Description
Another informative, irreverent title in the Horrible Science series is just whatyoung, budding scientists need! Readers will get a jolt from this volume, whichexplores the world of electricity.Contained inside these covers are details about electric eels and how they can giveyou a shock, how electricity can keep your heart beating, and which scientist gaveelectric shocks to his own eyeballs! In addition to the facts, this book also includesquizzes, illustrations and an index for convenient browsing.
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