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Gr 9 Up—Dalton, an unassuming British teacher who devoted his life to his students and his experimental work in the late-18th- and early-19th centuries, is known as the father of atomic theory. Baxter begins with her subject's education at Quaker schools and his early inclination to observe and document the natural world and devise experiments to help him understand it more fully. The book focuses on his work as a teacher and his scientific efforts, in which he made significant contributions to meteorology and the understanding of colo...Log In or Sign Up to Read More