Title Exploring Integrated Science

Published Hoboken : CRC Press, 2009

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Description 1 online resource (590 pages) Contents Front cover; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Road Map; Chapter 1: Our Universe; Chapter 2: Numbers in Our World; Chapter 3: Energy; Chapter 4: Atoms; Chapter 5: Combining Atoms; Chapter 6: Fluids; Chapter 7: Materials; Chapter 8: Polymers; Chapter 9: Sparks in Nature; Chapter 10: Odor; Chapter 11: Sound; Chapter 12: Nature's Solar Cells; Chapter 13: Vision; Chapter 14: Biopolymers; Chapter 15: Proteins; Chapter 16: RNA; Chapter 17: DNA; Chapter 18: Information; Chapter 19: Nanoworld; Chapter 20: Complexity; Chapter 21: Evolution; Chapter 22: Relativity Chapter 23: Quantum Mechanics IChapter 24: Quantum Mechanics II; Complex numbers; Laws; Equations; Units; Prefixes; Constants; Sizes; Credits; Periodic Table; Back cover Summary Our Universe: Where Are We?Numbers in Our World: How Do We Reach Infinity and Beyond?Energy: Why Can Sunlight Power the World?Atoms: Why Are the Elements So Different from Each Other?Combining Atoms: How Do Atoms Bond?Fluids: How Does Water Flow?Materials: Why Is Steel Strong and Glass Fragile?Polymers: Why Is Rubber Elastic?Sparks in Nature: What Is Electricity?Odor: Why Can We Smell Perfume?Sound: Why Can We Hear Music?Nature's Solar Cells: Why Are Leaves Green?Vision: Why Can We See Sunlight?Biopolymers: Why Does Life Use Polymers?Proteins: Who Does All the Work?RNA: Jack of All Trades, Mas Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Science -- Miscellanea Interdisciplinary approach to knowledge. SCIENCE -- Essays. SCIENCE -- Reference. Interdisciplinary approach to knowledge Science Genre/Form Trivia and miscellanea Form Electronic book Author Willeboordse, Frederick H ISBN 9781420087949 1420087940

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