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    Electricity
    Electricity
    Electricity
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    Electricity

    By Louise Spilsbury and Richard Spilsbury

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    Who first discovered static and why was this important? What is an LED? This fascinating book looks at the historical controversies that surround the discovery and theories of electricity and tells the stories of the scientists who worked on them. It also examines how the different theories based on electricity were arrived at, how they were tested, and what impact these theories and discoveries have had on our understanding of science today.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherCapstone Young Readers
    Release dateMay 1, 2019
    ISBN9781410992543
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    Louise Spilsbury

    Louise Spilsbury is an experienced author of nonfiction books for young people. Her writing covers a wide range of topics from animals and science to history and social studies.

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      Book preview

      Electricity - Louise Spilsbury

      Great Scientific Theories: Electricity by Louise Spilsbury

      TABLE OF CONTENTS

      Cover

      Title Page

      Testing Theories

      Discovering Electricity

      Understanding Static

      Storing Power

      Electricity and Magnets

      Moving Electricity

      Quiz

      Timeline

      Glossary

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      Index

      Copyright

      Back Cover

      TESTING THEORIES

      For hundreds of years, scientists have tried to explain things by coming up with ideas about the way things work. These scientific ideas are known as hypotheses. When scientists believe they have collected evidence that shows their idea is correct, the idea becomes a theory.

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      Scientists use scientific equipment, such as microscopes, to find out more about nature and the world around them.

      How Ideas Change

      Scientists test ideas to see if they are right or wrong. They put together many conclusions and facts produced by these tests to help prove their scientific ideas. Scientists test new ideas all the time, but their ideas are built on the theories of scientists who came before them. Some of history’s greatest scientists completely changed the way people thought about the world.

      Universal Building Blocks

      Some scientific theories take a long time to prove. In 400

      bc

      , in ancient Greece, a man called Democritus (460–370

      bc

      ) had an idea. He found that sand grains could be halved, halved again, and so on, but eventually they couldn’t be cut any smaller. Democritus

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