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"As liquid water, frozen ice, or steaming gas, water is still made of the same matter. But it acts very different in its different states. Learn the properties of each state of matter, what makes them change states, and more. It's key chemistry curriculum made approachable for all!"--
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Matter is what everything is made of! From diamonds to dirt, matter is what everything is made of! Within matter, there are so many different materials. Kids might think of fabric as material, but in this book, they'll learn about some of the rarest materials on Earth. Atoms, states of matter, and even conductivity are covered, among other key physical science topics. The main content focuses on the extreme nature of matter and materials and how it...
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"In this interactive picture book, young readers squish, squeeze, and jiggle matter on the page, using their imagination to conduct simple lab experiments. They learn that matter comes in all shapes and sizes and can change from solid to liquid to gas. Back matter includes a real-world experiment for investigating matter"--
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A Nobel-prize winning physicist takes on the essential question: what are we made of?
Our understanding of nature's deepest reality has changed radically, but almost without our noticing, over the past twenty-five years. Transcending the clash of older ideas about matter and space, acclaimed physicist Frank Wilczek explains a remarkable new discovery: matter is built from almost weightless units, and pure energy is the ultimate source of mass. He...
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Katherine Freese is director of Nordita, the Nordic Institute for Theoretical Physics, in Stockholm, and professor of physics at the University of Michigan.
The inside story of the epic quest to solve the mystery of dark matter
The ordinary atoms that make up the known universe-from our bodies and the air we breathe to the planets and stars-constitute only 5 percent of all matter and energy in the cosmos. The rest is known as dark matter and dark...
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"Readers are able to identify different materials and describe them with the help of achievable text that introduces them to this essential elementary science curriculum topic" --
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"A bowling ball is heavy. A feather is light. Why are some items heavy and others light? Find out in this series about materials and their properties. Informative, at-level text and engaging photographs help readers understand the differences between heavy and light materials." --
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Peter Fisher is the Thomas A. Frank (1977) Professor of Physics and serves as head of the Physics Department at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
What we know about dark matter and what we have yet to discover
Astronomical observations have confirmed dark matter's existence, but what exactly is dark matter? In What Is Dark Matter?, particle physicist Peter Fisher introduces readers to one of the most intriguing frontiers of physics. We...
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"Physical science can be a challenging topic for readers at any level, but this creative guide to physics breaks down essential concepts in a creative and accessible way. Text relating to forces and matter is presented in very short snippets, including bullet points, highlighted fun facts and statistics, and descriptions on diagrams. This is designed to help readers see that learning about science is anything but boring! Images play a large role in...
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"A nail is hard. A cotton ball is soft. Why are some objects hard and others soft? Find out in this series about materials and their properties. Informative, at-level text and engaging photographs help readers understand the differences between hard and soft materials."--
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This book is, based on an in-depth filmed conversation between Howard Burton and Paul Steinhardt, the Albert Einstein Professor of Science and Director of the Center for Theoretical Science at Princeton University. This extensive conversation provides a comprehensive account of a marvelous scientific adventure story in the quest for a natural quasicrystal. You will be taken on a fascinating ride through the physics of materials, from theory, to the...
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Gerald D. Mahan is Distinguished Professor of Physics at Pennsylvania State University. He is the author of two previous physics textbooks, Many-Particle Physics and Applied Mathematics.
Covering the fundamentals as well as many special topics of current interest, this is the most concise, up-to-date, and accessible graduate-level textbook on quantum mechanics available. Written by Gerald Mahan, a distinguished research physicist and author of an...
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"A pencil is stiff. A rubber band is bendable. Why are some objects stiff and others bendable? Find out in this series about materials and their properties. Informative, at-level text and engaging photographs help readers understand the differences between stiff and bendable objects"--
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Alchemists of old attempted to make sense of the universe-to discover the connection between mind and matter. Some of today's scientists, in particular quantum physicists, are doing the same. In this contribution to the study of consciousness, physicist Fred Alan Wolf reveals what he calls the "new alchemy"-a melding of the ideas of the old alchemists and the new scientists to reach a fuller understanding of mind and matter.
An elegant book with...
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"What's inside a black hole? What are the sounds we hear from the depths of space? How did the moon form? When it comes to the realm beyond our planet, there are a whole lot of questions we're still trying to answer. Get ready to explore the unknown and discover how scientists are working to solve the mysteries of our universe"--
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