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    Electric currents : it's energetic / Barbara Martina Linde.
    by Linde, Barbara M.
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    PowerKids Press, c2020.
    Call #:537.6 L743ec
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  • Electric currents -- Juvenile literature.
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  • Electricity -- Juvenile literature.
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  • Discoveries in science -- Juvenile literature.
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  • Inventors -- Juvenile literature.
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  • Spotlight on physical science.
  • ISBN: 
    9781725313026 (hbk.)
    1725313022 (hbk.)
    9781725312999 (pbk.)
    1725312999 (pbk.)
    Description: 
    32 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm.
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    Includes index.
    Contents: 
    What are electric currents? -- What is a circuit? -- Volta and Ampère -- Samuel Morse -- The war of the currents -- Improving the light bulb -- The power grid -- Around the house -- Electric motors -- Fuel cells -- Bulbs and LEDs -- Transistors and computers -- Be flexible! -- Then and now.
    Summary: 
    What happens when you enter a room and flip the light switch? Why does a cell phone battery run down? This book focuses on electricity, electric currents, and electrical technology. Readers will learn where electric currents come from. They'll discover more about some of the early pioneers in the field of electricity, including André-Marie Ampère and Alessandro Volta. Students will learn how inventors such as Thomas Edison and Nikola Tesla helped bring electricity into homes. Fascinating modern developments in computing and medicine will help bring the topic alive. Colorful photographs and diagrams help make complex scientific concepts more manageable for elementary readers.
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