| Description |
vii, 200 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
1. The Road to Discovery: The Method of Science -- 2. Big Idea #1 Physics' Model of the Atom: Seeing the Unseeable -- 3. Big Idea #2 Chemistry's Periodic Law: Sorting the Elements -- 4. Big Idea #3 Astronomy's Big Bang Theory: Tracing the Elements' Roots -- 5. Big Idea #4 Geology's Plate Tectonics Model: Down to Earth -- 6. Big Idea #5 Biology's Theory of Evolution: Life Begins and Branches Out -- 7. The Method of Science: Further Insights -- 8. Benefit/Risk Analysis: Potential Applications of Scientific Knowledge |
| Summary |
Presents five basic scientific hypotheses: the atomic model, the periodic law, the big bang theory, plate tectonics, and evolution |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-188) and index |
| Subject |
Big bang theory.
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Evolution (Biology)
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Nuclear physics.
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Periodic law.
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Plate tectonics.
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Science -- Miscellanea.
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Science.
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Science -- Miscellanea.
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| Genre/Form |
Trivia and miscellanea.
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| Author |
Harris, Sidney, illustrator
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Wiggins, Arthur W.
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| LC no. |
96027469 |
| ISBN |
0471138126 (paperback: alk. paper) |
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