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Get charged with this investigation into electricity. Following scientific and engineering practices, this title presents a hands-on, inquiry-based science investigation. Age-appropriate experiments build students' understanding of force, motion, and energy concepts. Activities for further learning Glossary of key words Index Table of contents The Science Investigations series centers scientific inquiry by providing readers with hands-on experiences...
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Warm up with this investigation into heat. Following scientific practices, this title presents a hands-on, inquiry-based science investigation. Age-appropriate experiments build students' understanding of force, motion, and energy concepts. Activities for further learning Glossary of key words Index Table of contents The Science Investigations series centers scientific inquiry by providing readers with hands-on experiences with the world around them....
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Find out what's the matter with this investigation into states of matter. Following scientific practices, this title presents a hands-on, inquiry-based science investigation. Age-appropriate experiments build students' understanding of matter and energy. Activities for further learning Glossary of key words Index Table of contents The Science Investigations series centers scientific inquiry by providing readers with hands-on experiences with the world...
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In this deeply original book, science writer Anil Ananthaswamy sets out in search of the telescopes and detectors that promise to answer the biggest questions in modern cosmology. Why is the universe expanding at an ever faster rate? What is the nature of the "dark matter" that makes up almost a quarter of the universe? Why does the universe appear fine-tuned for life? Are there others besides our own? Ananthaswamy soon finds himself at the ends of...
5) Most Wanted Particle: The Inside Story of the Hunt for the Higgs, the Heart of the Future of Physics
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An award-winning physicist who led the historic hunt for the God Particle.
An Observer Top Ten Science and Technology Book.
Our understanding of the universe hinges on a baffling question: how does a sea of tiny, massless particles acquire mass? The answer, in theory, is a subatomic particle known as the Higgs boson. Sometimes called the God Particle, the Higgs is the missing link between the birth of our universe and the tangible world we experience....
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"The Raman Effect: A Guide to the Raman Effect in Physics" is an illuminating exploration of one of the most significant phenomena in the realm of physics. Authored by [Author's Name], this book delves deep into the intricacies of the Raman Effect, a groundbreaking discovery that revolutionized our understanding of molecular interactions and spectroscopy.The book begins by providing a comprehensive overview of the life and work of Sir C.V. Raman,...
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This book deals with the works of Graham Bell and other scientists on the phenomena of sound and its production.
"In bringing before you some discoveries made by Mr. Sumner Tainter and myself, which, having resulted in the construction of apparatus for the production and reproduction of sound by means of light, it is necessary to explain the state of knowledge which formed the starting-point of our experiments. I shall first describe the remarkable...