Presents over fifty experiments in electricity and magnetism, including how to see magnetic fields, transmit Morse code, use static electricity as glue, and make simple electrical circuits.
Contains illustrated instructions for experiments and tricks designed to help young children learn what magnets can do, and includes examples that show how magnets are used in everyday life.
After being orphaned at an early age and spending years in boarding schools, Dilly begins a new life in a real house in a small town, developing secret magnetic powers under the tutelage of a kindly professor, until he is kidnapped by a madman who plans to control the world with a computer.
Presents information, facts, figures, photographs, charts, and diagrams that explain the science of electricity and magnetism, discussing lightning, atoms and electric charge, cells and batteries, electromagnetism, and other topics.
An introduction to magnets that explains what magnetism is, how it works, and how it is used in everyday life and provides simple experiments using magnets to help readers understand the scientific concepts presented.