Discovering Energy - (Discovering Big Ideas) by Sanz Verónica & Johannes Hirn (Hardcover)

About the Book

"Creating and harnessing energy is a fundamental part of enabling life to exist and thrive on earth. [This book explains that] energy comes in a vast array of different forms: using our muscles and those of other creatures, enabling us to move, lift, etc.; creating heat and steam through fire; capturing the power of the wind in a ship's sails or to turn the blades of a wind turbine; harnessing the power of moving water to generate electricity in a hydroelectric power station; applying the forces of magnetism to turn an electric motor; using solar panels to transfer the sun's energy into electricity for our home"--Publisher marketing.

Book Synopsis

This exciting new book from award-winning illustrator Eduard Altarriba introduces children to the world of energy and principles of energy production with the use of beautiful, dynamic illustrations.

Creating and harnessing energy is a fundamental part of enabling life to exist and thrive on earth. Energy comes in a vast array of different forms - using our muscles and those of other creatures, enabling us to move, lift etc, creating heat and steam through fire, capturing the power of the wind in a ship's sails or to turn the blades of a wind turbine, harnessing the power of moving water to generate electricity in a hydroelectric power station, applying the forces of magnetism to turn an electric motor, using solar panels to transfer the sun's energy into electricity for our homes - all of these and more are explained in Discovering Energy.

This exciting new book from award-winning illustrator Eduard Altarriba introduces children aged 8-12 to this fascinating world in a fun and absorbing way. The book explains many of the different principals of energy production with the use of beautiful, dynamic illustrations.

Review Quotes

"A basic introduction to various forms of energy...the physicist co-authors explain concepts in easy-to-understand ways and with logical sequencing."--Kirkus

"A rather delightful book that introduces the different ways of creating, measuring, harnessing and transforming energy...Descriptions and explanations are simple and concise...This is an excellent book for both introducing the subject as well as allowing those interested to explore it further."--Armadillo

"Discovering Energy is dynamically illustrated with cross sections and step-by-step explanations of energy in its many forms."--Wrd About Books

"This book is packed full of clever diagrams and snippets of text that break the ideas down into manageable chunks and I really like that it looks at ideas such as making energy cleaner and sustainable for the future "--Let Them Be Small

"...in the fantastic Discovering Big Ideas series from Button Books, they can find a huge range of topics to fascinate, befuddle but most of all to inspire them towards looking at science in different ways. The book brings these amazing achievements to life in a totally absorbing and engaging way, making science feel more accessible, and perhaps inspiring youngsters to become young scientists themselves. A fantastic book that delves deep into the subject of how we create, distribute and use energy every day, at school, in our homes and everywhere!"--Read it Daddy

"We all need to begin somewhere and this book aimed at 8 to 12 year olds is a simple but clever look at energy of all kinds...The book is presented in an easy to read way with loads of fabulous illustrations. It's hard back with good quality pages so you know it will last for ages."--Raise Bay

"In his characteristic bright, retro illustrative style, Eduard Altarriba in collaboration with writers Hirn and Sanz, both of whom are experts in physics, explores the vital topic of energy and its effects on all our lives."--Red Reading Hub

"captivating look at energy in all its forms...an insightful journey to find out where our energy comes from, finding new sources of energy and making is sustainable for the future."--@picturebooksblogger

"This hardback book is nicely animated throughout to captivate young minds. It's packed with labelled diagrams and plenty of informative text and explanations, often numbered to make processes much more simpler and clearer for young children to understand."--The World is Their Classroom

About the Author

Johannes Hirn has a degree in engineering, a PhD in physics and a MSc in scientific journalism. He loves to understand and explain the world around us and is now a science teacher.

Verónica Sanz is Professor of Physics at the University of Sussex, UK. She has worked at Harvard, Yale, Boston and Durham universities, as well as her hometown university in Valencia, Spain. She was a Fulbright fellow at Harvard and Marie Curie fellow at Yale and she has been awarded a Large Hadron Collider-Theory initiative prize.

Eduard Altarriba is a graphic designer and illustrator. He runs Alababalà, a studio producing games, exhibitions, animation, apps and practical and fun workbooks for children. He has illustrated a number of books published by GMC Publications including, Discovering Architecture, Discovering Energy, My First Book of Electromagnetism, My First Book of Microbes, My First Book of Quantum Physics, My First Book of Relativity, My First Book of the Cosmos, What is War?, Migrants, Politics and Economics. Eduard lives in Barcelona, Spain.