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Solar Power (True Books) | 
 enlarge | Author: Christine Petersen
Publisher: Children's Press(CT)
Category: Book
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Rating:  1 reviews
Sales Rank: 801451
Media: Library Binding
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
Pages: 48
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 8.6 x 7.3 x 0.3
ISBN: 0516228072
Dewey Decimal Number: 621.47
EAN: 9780516228075
ASIN: 0516228072
Publication Date: February 2004
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Ideal for today's young investigative reader, each A True Book includes lively sidebars, a glossary and index, plus a comprehensive "To Find Out More" section listing books, organizations, and Internet sites. A staple of library collections since the 1950s, the new A True Book series is the definitive nonfiction series for elementary school readers.
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Richie's Picks: SOLAR POWER (True Books) October 29, 2004
Richie Partington (Sebastopol, CA United States)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
"The sun's energy comes from deep within the core. Here, the scorching heat causes hydrogen atoms to move constantly. Some of the atoms slam together and stick, in a process called nuclear fusion. Fusion changes hydrogen into a heavier atom, helium. Along the way, energy is released as heat and light. Energy created by fusion inside the Sun streams out in every direction. Light travels through space like waves on the ocean--but much faster. From the time the light leaves the Sun, it takes just over eight minutes to reach Earth.
"Earth absorbs only about one-billionth of the heat and light released by the Sun."
Some might mistakenly assume that a heavily-illustrated 48 page book set in large type would not have much depth. Not only does Petersen explain the science of solar power being an essential part of life and fossil fuels, but she goes on to discuss solar energy technologies. Admirably, she gives significant weight to passive solar heating (which is shortchanged in many comparable books) and domestic solar hot water heating systems, before delving into the large scale high tech systems and out-in-space systems.
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