DK eyewitness guides : Matter

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Integrating words and pictures, this is a family reference book on matter, structured so that the individual themes of each spread make up a complete visual story and a self-contained module. On every spread there is a specially shot colour photograph of objects shown in real-life close-up detail.

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Publishers Weekly Review

The creators of the distinguished Eyewitness series have maintained the same high standards of writing and illustration in these four inaugural Eyewitness Science titles. Sharp, seemingly three-dimensional photos and intricate drawings accompany skillfully distilled texts that explain complex scientific principles and issues without oversimplifying them. The respective volumes identify the basic properties of light; the sources and use of electricity; the laws of force, energy and motion; and the various kinds of matter. In each large-format book, pictures and text work together to offer a lucid chronicle of pertinent experiments, discoveries and inventions from ancient times to the present. Whether in search of a quick answer or interested in delving into a topic in detail, youngsters will find that these information-packed books fill their needs handily. Ages 8-up. (Sept.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved

Horn Book Review

This busy volume presents much technical material, illustrated with color photographs. There is an orderly progression of ideas and clarity in the presentation, but the limited space rationed for each idea may lead to confusion. An attractive overview of physics history. Ind. From HORN BOOK 1992, (c) Copyright 2010. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.