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A Drop of Water: a Book of Science and Wonder by Walter Wick

A Drop of Water: a Book of Science and Wonder

Walter Wick

Scholastic Inc. · Print & ebook · April 1, 1997

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Who it’s for
Photographs and clear science bring water’s transformations into sharp view.
Themes
Water’s states and transformations, Scientific observation and investigation
Genres
Oceans, Lakes & Water, Photography for Kids, Science Projects & Experiments

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About this book

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, 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.

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Evaporation, condensation, capillary, attraction, 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. In A Drop of Water, Walter Wick embraces two disciplines, art and science, and stimulates the reader as aesthetic and scientific observer.

Water, Up Close

Photographs and clear science bring water’s transformations into sharp view.

Come here for

  • Snowflakes, splashes, steam, and other forms of water
  • Simple explanations of how water changes and behaves

Expect

  • Photographs that reveal details of fleeting motion
  • Experiments that invite you to investigate water

Where it sits

Oceans, Lakes & Water66%
Photography for Kids46%
Science Projects & Experiments39%

Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.

Publisher categories

  • Oceans, Lakes & Water
  • Science & Nature
Authors
Walter Wick
Publisher
Scholastic Inc.
Published
April 1, 1997
Format
Print & ebook
Theme
Water’s states and transformations · Scientific observation and investigation
Reading lane
Oceans, Lakes & Water