Out of Sight: Pictures of Hidden Worlds (Library Binding)

by Seymour Simon (Author) "All around you are worlds too small to be seen with your unaided eye..." (more)
Key Phrases: hidden worlds, Milky Way

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From Publishers Weekly
Photos of objects beyond the detection of the human eyeAeither because they are infinitesimal, too large, too far away or hidden inside the human bodyAare reproduced with remarkable clarity in Simon's (Destination: Jupiter) insightful volume. The author keeps his text to a minimum, explaining succinctly each image featured and the methods and instruments used to capture them, including compound microscopes, fiber optics, CAT scans, MRIs, thermograms and high-speed photography. Only occasionally does the narrative become overly technical for the targeted audience, as in a description of the magnification of subatomic particles in motion. Even the creepy pictures (a head louse magnified 320 times; and plaque and tartar on the surface of a tooth, magnified some 2,700 times) will attract readers. From a three-dimensional picture of a virus, as seen through an electron microscope, to a dramatic photograph of the vast Eagle Nebula, a star-forming region of the Milky Way galaxy, taken by the Hubble Space Telescope, these images are awesome in every sense of the word. Ages 5-up. (Aug.)
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From School Library Journal
Grade 4-8-Simon has collected an impressive assortment of photographs presenting images that cannot be seen with the naked eye. They include pictures taken through a telescope, through a microscope, magnetic resonance images, CAT scans, scanning electron micrographs (SEMs), time-stopping shots taken with strobes, and aerial and satellite photography. The text serves primarily as extended captions to the photos, providing information on the ways the pictures were taken and a basic explanation of what the images represent. The large, bright illustrations are beautifully reproduced and present some fascinating views of the world. The subjects range from the very small, such as the head of a bedbug, to the very large and far away, as photographed by the Hubble Space Telescope. This book would work well with an adult who wants to share the wonders of science with young children. Older elementary students will be able to read it on their own, although the striking presentation will also appeal to younger browsers.
Jeffrey A. French, Euclid Public Library, OH
Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Product Details

• Library Binding
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1435264568
• ISBN-13: 978-1435264564
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5.0 out of 5 stars Out of Sight! , November 18, 2007

By	Lynn Ellingwood "The ESOL Teacher" (Webster, NY United States) - See all my reviews (TOP 1000 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Out of Sight: Pictures of Hidden Worlds (Hardcover)

This a fascinating book to use as supplement to science classes. It is about the "inner world", the one we see only in a microscope or instrument that can visualize a world we can't see with our own eyes. Kids will love this book and the photos are the type that will keep some captivated for hours. There is also a section on strobe light photography, used to create stop-motion photography and satellite imaging is used to map the Earth. A fascinating book, I love the text too! Seymour Simon is a good children's writer of science books.