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Baker, Laura Brown, Jordan Faust, Daniel R. Ferrie, Chris Forbes, Nancy Peters, Lisa WestbergFerrie, Chris
Summary: Presents simple illustrations of the concepts of motion, gravity, and mass that make up the theory of Newtonian physics.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sourcebooks Jabberwocky 2017
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Summary: "If you're a curious child and you get a new dog, you discover all kinds of things. Gravity has new meaning, when you're racing down a slide toward your eager-beaver dog waiting at the bottom (uh-oh!). Friction has a new meaning, when your slippery dog escapes from the bath (soap+fingers=not enough friction). But love has a new meaning too, when you and your cosmic dog become the center of your...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wordsong, and imprint of Astra Books for Young Readers 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 811 PETFaust, Daniel R.
Summary: "Why do objects fall toward the ground? What makes electric lights go on when we flip a switch? How do magnets work? The answers to these questions and many more become clear when you understand how electromagnetic force and gravitational force operate. This title looks at these forces and presents key concepts in an accessible way. Important theories and applications are presented in clear,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: PowerKids Press 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 530 FAUBaker, Laura
Summary: "Discover forces that shape our world, and explore why matter really does matter ... Unlock a whole new way of thinking about ... the wonders of space and time, the electromagnetic spectrum, the hidden laws that govern motion, [and] electronics and new technologies"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Arcturus 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 530 BAKSummary: There is more to the universe than meets the eye--a lot more. In recent years, scientists have discovered that 95 percent of the contents of the cosmos are invisible to our current methods of direct detection. Yet something is holding galaxies and galaxy clusters together, and something else is causing space to fly apart. Scientists call these invisible components dark matter and dark...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Company 2007
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Summary: An introduction to the science that powers favorite amusement park rides reveals why a roller coaster does not need an engine and how bumper cars can move without gasoline.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon Spotlight 2015
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE BROForbes, Nancy
Summary: Two veteran science writers with special expertise in physics and engineering tell the story of how two brilliant 19th-century scientists, separated in age by 40 years, discovered the existence of the electromagnetic field, giving rise to many of the technological innovations we have today.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Inc 2014