| Description |
xxii, 672 pages, 67 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm |
| Contents |
1. Science: A Way of Knowing -- 2. The Language of Science -- 3. The Ordered Universe -- 4. The Clockwork Universe -- 5. Energy -- 6. Temperature, Heat, and the Second Law of Thermodynamics -- 7. Electricity and Magnetism -- 8. Waves and Electromagnetic Radiation -- 9. The Atom -- 10. Quantum Mechanics -- 11. Atoms in Combination: The Chemical Bond -- 12. Chemical Reactions -- 13. Properties of Materials -- 14. The Nucleus of the Atom -- 15. The Ultimate Structure of Matter -- 16. Albert Einstein and the Theory of Relativity -- 17. The Earth and Other Planets -- 18. The Dynamic Earth -- 19. Cycles of the Earth -- 20. Historical Geology -- 21. The Stars -- 22. Cosmology -- App. A. Quantitative Thinking -- App. B. The Geologic Time Scale -- App. C. Selected Physical Constants and Astronomical Data -- App. D. Properties of the Planets -- App. E. Star Charts -- App. F. The Chemical Elements -- App. G. Answers to Odd-Numbered Problems |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Subject |
Physical sciences.
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| Author |
Trefil, James, 1938-
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| LC no. |
95040786 |
| ISBN |
0471002496 (paperback: alk. paper) |
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0471154407 (cloth : acid-free paper) |
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