The Story of Electricity: With 20 Easy-to-Perform Experiments

"An enlightening chronological history." — ALA Booklist
Here is an ideal book for youngsters who are curious about natural forces and want to know why they behave as they do. Veteran science writer George deLucenay Leon takes readers on a fascinating trip back in time — through 2,500 years of scientific investigation — and explains how to perform many of the experiments that led to major discoveries in electricity and magnetism.
Directed primarily towards children in grades 4 to 6, the text e...