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A Drop Of Water: A Book of Science and Wonder

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Filled with stop-action and close-up photography, an early scientific book features such images as a single snowflake and a falling drop of water, accompanied by introductions to such concepts as evaporation and condensation.
The curious, protean nature of water has fascinated people for ages, and Walter Wick–the photographer of Scholastic’s highly acclaimed I Spy series–is no exception. Wick is a brilliant admirer and collector of 100-year-old science books where, according to his afterword, “Even the most straightforward experiments appeared as if implausible or not possible things were happening. Intrigued, I recreated one of the most experiments and photographed them with my camera. The results seemed magical, but not on account of any photographic trick; it was once only the forces of nature at work. It was once from these explorations that the idea for this book emerged.”

As you’re admiring the “crown” created by a water drop splashing into a pool, or how many water droplets can fit on the head of a pin (the smallest droplet on the pin comprises more than three trillion water molecules), you’ll be able to learn about evaporation, condensation, snowflakes, how clouds form, and more amazing water tricks. Wick’s other artfully composed photographs include a “wild wave” caused by a brown egg dropped in a water glass, soap bubbles with a “shimmering liquid skin,” a snowflake at 60 times its actual size, and dew on a spider web. Like many old-fashioned science books, A Drop of Water ends with a list of simple experiments may lure the young reader into the world of scientific investigation. Unlike many old science books, this one also stands by itself as a beautiful, notable collection of photographs.

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