Dr. Art's Guide to Science: Connecting Atoms, Galaxies, and Everything in Between.DR. ART'S GUIDE TO SCIENCE: Connecting Atoms, Galaxies, and Everything in Between ART SUSSMAN In this colorfully illustrated and irreverent book, Sussman, a science educator, introduces the young reader to the major concepts in science and how they connect everything from stars to atoms to ourselves. For instance, Sussman explains mow heat energy from the sun is converted into the moving energy of the wind, how it evaporates 1. To convert or change into a vapor; volatilize. 2. To produce vapor. 3. To draw or pass off in the form of vapor. 4. To draw moisture away from, as by heating, leaving only the dry solid portion. 5. To deposit a metal on a substrate by vacuum sublimation. water to power the water cycle, and how it's trapped on Earth by the greenhouse effect greenhouse effect: see global warming.. He also examines the universe from the moment of the Big Bang Big Bang The term applied to the liberalization in 1986 of the London Stock Exchange (LSE) when trading was automated. to the beginning of life on Earth to the abundance of people and other organisms today. A page at the end of each chapter encourages the reader to stop and think about the concepts introduced, further illustrating how scientists ask questions and attempt to understand complex subjects. A helpful and clever "glindex" defines terms used in each chapter, For children age 12 and older. Wiley, 2006, 256 p., color illus., hardcover, $22.95.
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