Mark Weston 
Finding the Speed of Light: The 1676 Discovery that Dazzled the World (The History Makers Series) [EPUB ebook] 

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Junior Library Guild Gold Selection

Mark Weston’s high-interest story and Rebecca Evans’s colorful graphics make scientific discovery the coolest thing this side of Jupiter.

More than two centuries before Einstein, using a crude telescope and a mechanical timepiece, Danish astronomer Ole Romer measured the speed of light with astounding accuracy. How was he able to do this when most scientists didn’t even believe that light traveled? Like many paradigm-shattering discoveries, Romer’s was accidental. Night after night he was timing the disappearance and reappearance of Jupiter’s moon Io behind the huge, distant planet. Eventually he realized that the discrepancies in his measurements could have only one explanation: Light had a speed, and it took longer to reach Earth when Earth was farther from Jupiter. All he needed then to calculate light’s speed was some fancy geometry.

 

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Rebecca Evans worked for nine years as an artist and designer before returning to her first love: children’s book illustration and writing. Her books include Someday I’ll Fly; Friends in Fur Coats; The Shopkeeper’s Bear; Naughty Nana; Mei Ling in China; Finding the Speed of Light (starred review, Kirkus); and Alone Like Me (starred review, Kirkus). She lives in Maryland with her husband and four young children, teaches art at the Chesapeake Center for the Creative Arts, and works from her home studio whenever time permits. Rebecca’s boundless imagination enjoys free rein at www.rebeccaevans.net.

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Idioma Inglés ● Formato EPUB ● Páginas 32 ● ISBN 9780884485476 ● Tamaño de archivo 50.0 MB ● Edad 17-12 años ● Editorial Tilbury House Publishers ● País US ● Publicado 2019 ● Descargable 24 meses ● Divisa EUR ● ID 7471866 ● Protección de copia Adobe DRM
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