From Newton's Rainbow to Frozen Light : Discovering Light
(from the Chain Reactions series, Set 2 of 2)

What is light and where does it come from? Can light be slowed to a stop? How do scientists plan to make an invisibility cloak? This book explains how scientists realized that all light comes from atoms and how one day they might use light to teleport objects across space.

Author: John Farndon
ISBN: 9781403495563 (1403495564) • Dewey: 535 • Price: $24.00
Ages: 11-14 • Grade Level: 6-9 • Guided Reading Level: Z
Pages: 64 • Size: 6 9/16 x 9 1/2 • Publisher: Heinemann • Copyright: 2007
Subjects: Pure Science • Features: Bio Sketch, Bullets, Captions, Chart/Graph, Fact box/Side bar, Numbered List or Sequence, Timeline

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Series Contents / Information

Grades
6-9

Chain Reactions
This series looks at developments, inventions and discoveries in science and how a discovery or invention by one individual can lead to a series of discoveries by others and even a chain of scientific breakthroughs. Each book charts a few connected developments in the particular field of science from first discoveries through to current applications.

ISBN: 9781403495587 (1403495580) • Number of Sets: 2 • Price: $288.00

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