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Explains the different types of matter and how it changes from one state to another by applying heat or pressure.

Investigates the nature and behavior of the materials in our world.

Everything around us is made of 'stuff', from planets, to books, to our own bodies. Whatever it is, we call it matter or material substance. It is solid; it has mass. But what is matter, exactly? We are taught in school that matter is not continuous, but discrete. As a few of the philosophers of ancient Greece once speculated, nearly two and a half thousand years ago, matter comes in 'lumps', and science has relentlessly peeled away successive layers...

An introduction to the properties of matter that provides information on the physical and chemical properties of matter, elements, compounds, solutions, mixtures, key scientific discoveries related to matter, and other related topics.

Explains how everything on Earth can be grouped into four states of matter and how matter can change from one state to another by applying heat or pressure. Includes related activities.

Simple introduction to the different forms of matter.

"Smoke itself acts as narrator, telling [the reader] how it has served humankind since prehistoric times in signaling, beekeeping, curing and flavoring food, religious rites, fumigating insects, and myriad other ways"-- Provided by publisher.