Faraday y la cienca de la electricidad. (Faraday and the Science of Electricity)

Reviewed by Emilia Valerio, Children's Library, Denver Public Library, CO -- Críticas, 7/15/2008

Graham, Ian.
tr. by Diana Esperanza Gómez. illus. by David Antram. Colombia/U.S.: Panamericana (Zona de Explosión). 2007. 32p. glossary. ISBN 978-958-30-1847-3. $12.95.

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Graham, Ian.
Los hermanos Wright y la ciencia de la aviación.
(The Wright Brothers and the Science of Flight)
tr. by Diana Esperanza Gómez. illus. by David Antram. Colombia/U.S.: Panamericana (Zona de Explosión). 2007. 32p. glossary. ISBN 978-958-30-1845-9. $12.95.

Graham, Ian.
Curie y la ciencia de la radioactividad.
(Curie and the Science of Radioactivity)
tr. by Diana Esperanza Gómez. illus. by David Antram. Colombia/U.S.: Panamericana (Zona de Explosión). 2007. 32p. glossary. ISBN 978-958-30-1846-6. $12.95.

Graham, Ian.
Bell y la ciencia del teléfono.
(Bell and the Science of the Telephone)
tr. by Diana Esperanza Gómez. illus. by David Antram. Colombia/U.S.: Panamericana (Zona de Explosión). 2007. 32p. glossary. ISBN 978-958-30-1848-0. $12.95.

Gr 4+–This exciting new series follows four scientists from childhood to adulthood, giving readers a clear understanding of how their discoveries came about. Vibrant, cartoonlike illustrations fill the pages and accompany the detailed, easy-to-understand explanations of how the inventions work. The books are structured in short, dynamic chapters that tell the stories of the scientists and their discoveries. A glossary at the end gives more information about certain terms used throughout the book. Los hermanos Wright takes children to the year 1878, when the Wright Brothers’ father gave them a toy helicopter that sparked the boys’ imagination, and guides readers through the brothers’ experiments with gliders until 1904, when, as adults, they create the first airplane by attaching a gasoline engine to a glider. Curie y la ciencia de la radioactividad explores the discoveries of Marie Curie, who became a very important figure in the scientific world—something unheard of for a woman in the 19th century— and won a Nobel Prize in 1911. Born in Poland in 1867, Curie spent her life working with radioactivity. Faraday y la ciencia de la electricidad describes the life of Michael Faraday, who was born in a world without electricity and whose work led to its invention. Finally, Bell y la ciencia del teléfono tells the story of Alexander Graham Bell, who in 1986 invented what is considered the first telephone. This remarkable series will make a great addition to school and public libraries.

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