Title: Light: The Extraordinary Energy That Illuminates Our World (Spectacular Science)
Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA)
Publication Date: 2025
Language: English
ISBN 10: 1536243639
ISBN 13: 9781536243635
Binding: Hardcover
Illustrator: Sanfelippo, Ana
Condition: New

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The author of the best-selling, award-winning picture book Nano presents a vibrant picture-book introduction to the science of light.

From the complexities of the night sky to the inner workings of rainbows, explore and celebrate the mind-bending science of light. Combining text by Dr. Jess Wade—a highly skilled physicist and trailblazing campaigner for diversity in STEAM fields—and beautiful, dynamic pictures by Ana Sanfelippo, this compelling blend of curriculum essentials and cutting-edge physics inspires budding scientists and engineers to step beyond their textbooks into a world of fascinating real-world science.

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Dr. Jess Wade is an award-winning physicist specializing in plastic electronics and a trailblazing campaigner for inclusion in STEAM fields. The author ofNano: The Spectacular Science of the Very (Very) Small, she won the Early Career Physics Communicator Award and Jocelyn Bell Burnell Medal for her outstanding research and widely covered activism, which includes writing more than 1,200 Wikipedia pages in a year for women and people of color working in science. Dr. Jess Wade lives in London.

Ana Sanfelippo is an Argentinian illustrator, graphic and pattern designer, and letter artist whose books for young readers include the SEN Superpower series by Tracy Packiam Alloway. She lives in Madrid.

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