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Light: The Extraordinary Energy That Illuminates Our World
Series: Spectacular Science
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This exciting non-fiction picture book introduces young readers to the spectacular science of light. Light: The Extraordinary Energy That Illuminates Our World is the extraordinary energy that illuminates our world. It is essential for life on Earth – it powers plants, keeps us warm, and helps...
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This exciting non-fiction picture book introduces young readers to the spectacular science of light.
Light: The Extraordinary Energy That Illuminates Our World is the extraordinary energy that illuminates our world. It is essential for life on Earth – it powers plants, keeps us warm, and helps us to see. From the award-winning author of Nano, comes a fascinating narrative introduction to the science of light – and the cutting-edge ways we use its energy to build a better world.
With words by Dr Jess Wade – a highly skilled physicist and trailblazing campaigner for diversity in STEM fields – and beautiful, dynamic pictures by award-winning artist Ana Sanfelippo, this is the perfect book for budding young scientists and engineers.
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Pre-orderLight: The Extraordinary Energy That Illuminates Our World
A vibrant introduction to the science of light – the extraordinary energy that illuminates our world. Have you ever watched the sky at night? Even when it looks very dark outside, the night sky is never completely black. There is always LIGHT on our planet. From the author of bestselling Nano, comes a fascinating non-fiction picture book exploring the science...Paperback$1999Unit price /UnavailableOut 25 Feb 2027Pre-order
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781529506020
Publisher: Walker Books Ltd
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 03 April 2025
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Walker Books Ltd
Contributors:
- Illustrated by Ana Sanfelippo
Audience: Children
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 10.0mm
Width: 220.0mm
Height: 298.0mm
Weight: 400g
Pages: 32
About the Author
Dr Jess Wade is an award-winning physicist specialising in plastic electronics, and a trailblazing campaigner for inclusion in STEAM fields. She won the Early Career Physics Communicator Award for outreach and the Jocelyn Bell Burnell Award for her outstanding research and widely covered activism. This notably included writing over 1200 Wikipedia pages in a year for women and people of colour working in science, and a campaign to get a copy of Angela Saini's book Inferior into every school in the UK. Follow her on Twitter under the handle @jesswade
Ana Sanfelippo was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina. She is an illustrator, graphic and pattern designer, letter artist, and cats’ friend. She has published books internationally.
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