The sciences : an integrated approach
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The sciences : an integrated approach
Wiley, c1995
- : pbk
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Presenting details of astronomy, biology, chemistry, geology and physics in one text, this work presents science in the context of everyday life by encouraging students to make connections between scientific principles, current events, and daily activities. The book contains a clear presentation of mathematical examples and formulae as well as numerous end-of-chapter questions. A solutions manual is available to accompany this text.
Table of Contents
- Science: A Way of Knowing
- The Ordered Universe
- Energy
- Heat and the Second Law of Thermodynamics
- Electricity and Magnetism
- 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 Earth and Other Planets
- Plate Tectonics
- Cycles of the Earth
- The Stars
- Cosmology
- The Science of Life
- Molecules
- The Living Cell
- Classical and Modern Genetics
- Evolution
- Strategies of Life
- Ecosystems.
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