All Charged Up!: Big Ideas That Changed the World #5

by Don Brown

Award-winning author-illustrator Don Brown explores the history of electricity in this installment of the Big Ideas That Changed the World series.

In 600 BCE, the Greek mathematician Thales observed a seemingly strange phenomenon: amber, when rubbed with a cloth, had the ability to attract lightweight objects like feathers, straw, and leaves. He had unknowingly discovered an electric charge. His experiments wouldn't be picked back up...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1419766732
• ISBN13: 9781419766732
• Release Date: January 2024
• Publisher: Abrams Fanfare
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.8" x 8.1"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7