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Class-testing version organized around a series of 24 scientific concepts (or great ideas). It begins with the idea that the universe can be studied by observation and experiment. Encompasses physics, chemistry, astronomy, biology and earth sciences, focusing on general principles and their application to authentic situations rather than esoteric detail. Integrates the sciences rather than treating them separately. Offers students the ability to place major public issues such as the environment, energy and medical advances in a scientific context.

Tabla de contenidos provista por Syndetics

• Science: A Way of Knowing
• The Ordered Universe
• Energy
• Heat and the Second Law of Thermodynamics
• Electricity and Magnetism
• Waves and Electromagnetic Radiation
• The Atom
• Quantum Mechanics
• Atoms in Combination: The Chemical Bond
• Properties of Materials
• The Nucleus of the Atom
• The Ultimate Structure of Matter
• Albert Einstein and the Theory of Relativity
• The Stars
• Cosmology
• The Earth and Other Planets
• Plate Tectonics
• Cycles of the Earth
• Ecology, Ecosystems, and the Environment
• Strategies of Life
• Molecules of Life
• The Living Cell
• Classical and Modern Genetics
• The New Science of Life
• Evolution
• Appendices
• Glossary
• Credits
• Index

Notas de autor provistas por Syndetics

James Trefil was born in Chicago and educated at the University of Illinois, Oxford University, and Stanford University, where he earned a Ph.D. in physics. Currently Clarence H. Robinson Professor of physics at George Mason University, he is among the well-respected scientists who have the skill to translate physics for the general reader into prose worthy of an English major. For example, his "meditation trilogy," described below, recounts interesting examples, clear explanations, and the wonder of science in Trefil's beautiful and lively language. (Bowker Author Biography)