Magnet
How William Gilbert Discovered That Earth Is a Great Magnet
Published on 11. June 2024
Book
Hardback
34 pages
978-1-62944-245-7 (ISBN)
Description
The compass needle always pointed north.
This simple observation sent William Gilbert deep into research about magnets. William's insatiable curiosity led him to collect lodestones from all over the world, conducting fascinating experiments that debunked myths and revealed astonishing facts about magnets.
But he kept coming back to the question of why the compass needle pointed north. He finally concluded that Earth itself is "a great magnet."
Gilbert's research led to a book about magnetism and earned him the name, the Father of Magnetism. Come on a journey of curiosity to discover the wonder of magnets and Earth's magnetic mysteries.
MAGNET joins eight other books in award-winning Moments in Science series that focuses on small moments that changed science.
MOMENTS IN SCIENCE SERIES by Darcy Pattison, illustrated by Peter Willis
This exciting series focuses on small moments in science that made a difference. The first six books have been translated into Korean.
· BURN: Michael Faraday's Candle
· CLANG! Ernst Chladni's Sound Experiments, 2019 NSTA Outstanding Science Trade Book
· POLLEN: Darwin's 130 Year Prediction, Junior Library Guild selection, Starred Kirkus Review 2020 NSTA Outstanding Science Trade Book
· ECLIPSE: How the 1919 Eclipse Proved Einstein's Theory of General Relativity
· EROSION: How Hugh Bennett saved America's Soil and Ended the Dust Bowl, 2021 NSSTA Notable Social Studies Book
· A.I. How Patterns Helped A.I. Defeat World Champion Lee Sedol
· FEVER: How Tu Youyou Adapted Traditional Chinese Medicine to Find a Cure for Malaria
· AQUARIUM: How Jeannette Power Invented the Aquarium to Study Marine Life
· MAGNET: How William Gilbert Discovered That Earth Is a Great Magnet
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Series
Language
English
Target group
Children/juvenile
Interest Age: From 6 to 12 years
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 222 mm
Width: 221 mm
Thickness: 6 mm
Weight
322 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-62944-245-7 (9781629442457)
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AUTHOR - DARCY PATTISON
Children's book author Darcy Pattison finds inspiration in writing about science, nature and history; twice her books have been honored as NSTA Outstanding Science Trade Books. Her nature picture books include Abayomi, the Brazilian Puma: The True Story of an Orphaned Cub (Mims House), an NSTA 2015 Outstanding Science Trade Book; Wisdom, the Midway Albatross: Surviving the Japanese Tsunami and Other Disasters for Over 60 Years (Mims House), a starred review in Publisher's Weekly; Desert Baths (Arbordale), an NSTA Outstanding Science Trade Book 2013; and, Prairie Storms (Arbordale). Burn: Michael Faraday's Candle (Mims House, Spring 2016) is a physical science book about how a candle burns, based on Michael Faraday's famous 1848 juvenile Christmas lecture.
Other picture books include The Journey of Oliver K. Woodman (Harcourt), which received an Irma Simonton Black and James H. Black Award for Excellence in Children's Literature Honor Book award, starred reviews in BCCB and Kirkus, and has been published in a Houghton Mifflin textbook; Searching for Oliver K. Woodman (Harcourt); 19 Girls and Me (Philomel); and 11 Ways to Ruin a Photograph: A Military Family Story (Mims House). Her series, The ALIEN, INC. CHAPTER BOOK SERIES includes Kell, the Alien; Kell and the Horse Apple Parade; Kell and the Giants; and Kell and the Detectives. She is also the author of middle grade novels and teaches nationally a Novel Revision Retreat. For more, see darcypattison.com/about