| Description |
xxvi, 614 pages, 63 unnumbered pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 26 cm |
| Contents |
1. Science: A Way of Knowing -- 2. The Ordered Universe -- 3. Energy -- 4. Heat and the Second Law of Thermodynamics -- 5. Electricity and Magnetism -- 6. Waves and Electromagnetic Radiation -- 7. The Atom -- 8. Quantum Mechanics -- 9. Atoms in Combination: The Chemical Bond -- 10. Properties of Materials -- 11. The Nucleus of the Atom -- 12. The Ultimate Structure of Matter -- 13. Albert Einstein and the Theory of Relativity -- 14. The Stars -- 15. Cosmology -- 16. The Earth and Other Planets -- 17. Plate Tectonics -- 18. Cycles of the Earth -- 19. Ecology, Ecosystems, and the Environment -- 20. Strategies of Life -- 21. Molecules of Life -- 22. The Living Cell -- 23. Classical and Modern Genetics -- 24. The New Science of Life -- 25. Evolution |
| Notes |
Previous ed.: 1995 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Science -- Study and teaching (Higher)
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Science -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- United States.
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| Author |
Hazen, Robert M., 1948-
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| LC no. |
97024248 |
| ISBN |
0471161179 (paperback: acid-free paper) |
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