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Cold Light : : Creatures, Discoveries, and Inventions That Glow

Sitarski, Anita. Book - 2007 None on shelf No requests on this item Community Rating: 4.6 out of 5

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Introduction -- How can you be so cold?: Stone that captured the sun -- Back off, I need some air: Chicken that glowed in the dark -- What's in a name?: Inside story of fire beetles and glowing mushrooms -- They're everywhere: Shedding light on bioluminescent creatures -- Don't bother me, I'm busy: Secret lives of glowing sea creatures -- You light up my life: Those special fireflies -- Send in the clones: New frontiers in bioluminescence research -- I don't need you anymore: Jellyfish GFP and beyond -- New kids on the block: Man-made cool light -- Epilogue -- To learn more -- Glossary -- Index.
Explores the science and wonder of cold light--the chemistry of animals and things that make light but not heat--by recounting the many stories of alchemist and chemist Robert Boyle who discovered this phenomenon in the seventeenth century.

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I learned a lot submitted by Sparks on August 5, 2018, 9:09pm Great book. I used it for a school project.

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PUBLISHED
Honesdale, Pa. : Boyds Mills Press, 2007.
Year Published: 2007
Description: 48 p. : col. ill. ; 25 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book

READING LEVEL
Lexile: 1070

ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9781590784686
1590784685

SUBJECTS
Boyle, Robert, -- 1627-1691.
Luminescence.