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Sitarski, Anita

Cold Light: Creatures, Discoveries, and Inventions That Glow

48 pp. | Boyds | October, 2007 | Trade ISBN 978-1-59078-468-6 $16.95
(3) 4-6 Beginning with the discoveries of a seventeenth-century alchemist and ending with present-day research, Sitarski explores the science of luminescence. Well-captioned color photos feature examples of "light produced at low temperatures" from nature (fireflies) and from laboratories (compact fluorescent light bulbs). Text boxes provide additional details to supplement the accessible information. Reading list, websites. Glos., ind.
Reviewer: Ernie J. Cox

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