The Diamond and the Boy : the creation of diamonds & the life of H. Tracy Hall

Title
The Diamond and the Boy : the creation of diamonds & the life of H. Tracy Hall

Personal Author EPSB
Hannah. Holt

Summary
Told in a unique dual-narrative format, The Diamond and the Boy follows the stories of both natural diamond creation and the life of H. Tracy Hall, the inventor of a revolutionary diamond-making machine. Perfect for fans of Rosie Revere, Engineer, and On a Beam of Light: A Story of Albert Einstein. Before a diamond is a gem, it’s a common gray rock called graphite. Through an intense trial of heat and pressure, it changes into one of the most valuable stones in the world. Before Tracy Hall was an inventor, he was a boy—born into poverty, bullied by peers, forced to work at an early age. However, through education and experimentation, he became one of the brightest innovators of the twentieth century, eventually building a revolutionary machine that makes diamonds. From debut author Hannah Holt—the granddaughter of Tracy Hall—and illustrator Jay Fleck comes this fascinating in-depth portrait of both rock and man.

Year Published
2018

Physical Description
1 volume (unpaged) : olour illustrations ; 25 cm.

Subject
Diamonds.
 
Diamond mines and mining.
 
Chemists -- United States.

Genre
Biography.

Added Author
Fleck, Jay,

Summary
Told in a unique dual-narrative format, The Diamond and the Boy follows the stories of both natural diamond creation and the life of H. Tracy Hall, the inventor of a revolutionary diamond-making machine. Perfect for fans of Rosie Revere, Engineer, and On a Beam of Light: A Story of Albert Einstein. Before a diamond is a gem, it’s a common gray rock called graphite. Through an intense trial of heat and pressure, it changes into one of the most valuable stones in the world. Before Tracy Hall was an inventor, he was a boy—born into poverty, bullied by peers, forced to work at an early age. However, through education and experimentation, he became one of the brightest innovators of the twentieth century, eventually building a revolutionary machine that makes diamonds. From debut author Hannah Holt—the granddaughter of Tracy Hall—and illustrator Jay Fleck comes this fascinating in-depth portrait of both rock and man.

ISBN
9780062659033

Publisher
New York : Balzer + Bray, an Imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2018.
 
©2018


LibraryCall NumberTypeItem BarcodeStatus
McLeod549 HOLBook30200000230185Non-Fiction