Title:
Radar and the raft : a true story about a scientific marvel, the lives it saved, and the world it changed
Author:
Lantos, Jeff, author.
ISBN:
9781623543457
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Physical Description:
186 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Contents:
Cast of characters -- Prologue -- Off to Africa -- Escape -- Current events -- Westward ho! -- Making the connection -- Tin fish -- Maxwell's equations and Hertz's wave -- The wait begins -- Humble beginning -- Going solo -- Microwaves -- Answered prayers -- Destination Trinidad -- Reconciliation -- Eight decades of radar -- Epilogue.
Abstract:
"Follow two storylines-one about the scientific discoveries that led to the creation of radar, the other about people stranded on a raft in WWII-that come together when radar finds the raft"-- Provided by publisher.
Reading Level:
Ages 10 and up Charlesbridge.
Grades 4-6 Charlesbridge.
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