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48 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm.
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States of matter looks at important topics in chemistry, such as solids, liquids and gases, changes of state, the water cycle, and mixing solids, liquids and gases. There are seven informative experiments that can be carried out at home, and useful diagrams, including the periodic table.
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viii, 387 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm
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"One of the most fascinating scientific detective stories of the last fifty years, an exciting quest for a new form of matter. The Second Kind of Impossible reads like James Gleick's Chaos combined with an Indiana Jones adventure"--
"One or the most stunning scientific detective stories of the last fifty years ... . When world-renowned physicist Paul Steinhardt began his career in the 1980s, scientists thought they had identified all the possible...
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xi, 89 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
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"What's in the dark? Countless generations have gazed up at the night sky and asked this question--the same question that cosmologists ask themselves as they study the universe. The answer turns out to be surprising and rich. The space between stars is filled with an exotic substance called "dark matter" that exerts gravity but does not emit, absorb, or reflect light. The space between galaxies is rife with "dark energy" that creates a sort of cosmic...
5) Matter
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32 pages : color illustrations ; 19 cm.
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Did you know that everything on Earth is made up of matter--including you? Learn fascinating facts about matter, answer fun science questions, and complete a hands-on activity, all in the pages of this colorful book.
8) Flexibility
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24 pages : color illustrations ; 19 cm.
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"A book for young readers about the concept of flexibility and how it applies to things around them."--
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When Angie and Alex arrive at Camp Dakota, a thick fog envelops everything and when the campers start finding mysterious notes with hints about a Fog Zombie, their counselors teach them about solids, liquids, gases, and the properties of matter to uncover the meaning of the clues. Includes glossary and experiments.
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"If existing models of the structure of the universe are correct, then 85 percent of the cosmos comprises a substance called dark matter. Yet no direct evidence of dark matter exists. Award-winning science journalist Govert Schilling details the quest to detect dark matter and how the search has helped us to understand the universe we inhabit"--
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"Sixty-six million years ago, an object the size of a city descended from space to crash into Earth, creating a devastating cataclysm that killed off the dinosaurs, along with three-quarters of the other species on the planet. What was its origin? In Dark Matter and the Dinosaurs, Lisa Randall proposes it was a comet that was dislodged from its orbit as the Solar System passed through a disk of dark matter embedded in the Milky Way. In a sense, it...
14) Todo es materia!
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17 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm.
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Presents a basic introduction to the different states of matter, including solid, liquid, and gas.
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xiv, 305 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
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Evalyn Gates transports us to the edge of science to explore the tool that unlocks the secrets of dark matter and dark energy. Based on the theory of general relativity, gravitational lensing, or 'Einstein's Telescope', is enabling discoveries that are taking us towards the next revolution in scientific thinking--one that may change our understanding of where the Universe came from and where it is going.
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328 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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"If you were to present the feats of modern science to someone from the past, those feats would surely be considered magic. Theoretical physicist Felix Flicker proves that they are indeed magic--just familiar magic. The name for this magic is "condensed matter physics." Most people haven't heard of the field, yet more than a third of physicists identify as condensed matter researchers, making it the most active area in the subject--with good reason....
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Sometimes explosive, often delicious, occasionally poisonous, but always interesting: the New York Times-bestselling author of Stuff Matters shows us the secret lives of liquids: the shadow counterpart of our solid "stuff." We all know that without water we couldn't survive, and that sometimes a cup of coffee or a glass of wine feels just as vital. But do we really understand how much we rely on liquids, or the destructive power they hold? Set...
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