A Drop Of Water Published By Scholastic Publications

Product Description

The most spectacular photographs ever created on the subject of water appear in this unique science book by Walter Wick. The camera stops the action and magnifies it so that all the amazing states of water can be observed: water as ice rainbow steam frost and dew. Readers can examine a drop of water as it falls from a faucet see a drop of water as it splashes on a hard surface count the points of an actual snowflake and contemplate how drops of water form clouds.Evaporation condensation capillary action and surface tension are explained through simple text and illustrated by pictures that reveal water in its many awesome transformations. The last pages of the book feature experiments that welcome the reader into the world of scientific investigation.