Secrets of the Universe: Discovering the Universal Laws of Science
Author:
Paul Fleisher
Illustrator:
Patricia A. Keeler
Publication:
1987 by Atheneum
Genre:
Non-fiction, Science
Pages:
214
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THE EARLY SCIENTISTS—Archimedes, Galileo, Newton, and others—were not called scientists. They were philosophers, astronomers, mathematicians, and, sometimes, "heretics." Still, in their search for the whys and hows of the world around them, they observed natural happenings, experimented, and observed again, until the could find a way to explain how the forces of nature act on us, our world, and our universe. These explanations are the "natural" or "scientific laws."
Other, later, "scientists" looked at the world with and without telescopes and microscopes, revising the scientific laws as new information came to light. None of them could have done all this alone—as Newton said, "If I have seen further, it is by standing on the shoulders of giants."
Paul Fleisher has taken the laws of science and applied them to everyday objects, showing why and how they work as they do. By stating the laws, then making sense of them using illustrations and do-at-home experiments, Fleisher shows how the "giants" of science have explained the Secrets of the Universe.
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Secrets of the Universe: Waves Revised
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Secrets of the Universe: Relativity and Quantum Mechanics Revised
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Secrets of the Universe: Objects in Motion Revised
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Secrets of the Universe: Matter and Energy Revised
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Secrets of the Universe: Liquids and Gases Revised
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