“The Chemical History of a Candle” – Faraday’s Lecture, How A.I works, Darwin’s 130-Year Prediction, Chladni and the study of sound/ acoustic, Einstein’s Theory of General Relativity – for kids! (5 books)
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Since Faraday’s lecture, “The Chemical History of a Candle,” was published in 1861, it’s never been out of print. Oddly, till now, it’s never been published as a children’s picture book. Faraday originally gave seven lectures on how a candle burns. This authorhas adapted the first 6000-word lecture to about 650 words for modern elementary students.
An amazing flap book packed with inventions, machines, gadgets and devices, and facts and information about how they work. Over 90 flaps reveal the insides of car engines, toilets, escalators, submarines and microwaves and many, many other machines.
Biomimicry / copying nature to solve a human problem
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Nature does it best … and did it first! Explore the ways we have looked to nature for brilliant new designs and innovations to solve our own conundrums. Each example in nature is paired with a fun, rhyming description, an example of how it has been used by us, and a question to the reader―”what other problems can be solved?”
This book is designed to ignite your child’s interest in chemistry and other STEM topics, while introducing them to the basics of chemistry in a fun and approachable way. Your child will gain a practical understanding of how the water molecule is formed in the first story and then explore the fascinating world of noble gases and their non-bonding properties including knowing why helium balloons float!
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