| Description |
xix, 294 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
Scientific literacy: What it is, why it's important, and why we don't have it -- Knowing: Universe is regular and predictable -- Energy: Energy is conserved and always goes from more useful to less useful forms -- Electricity and magnetism: Electricity and magnetism are two aspects of the same force -- Atom: All matter is made of atoms -- World of the quantum: Everything comes in discrete units and you can't measure anything without changing it -- Chemical bonding: Atoms are bound by electron glue -- Atomic architecture: Way a material behaves depends on how its atoms are arrange -- Nuclear physics: Nuclear energy comes from the conversion of mass -- Particle physics: all matter is really made of quarks and leptons |
| Summary |
Uses everyday examples to explain basic scientific principles |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [279]-282) and index |
| Subject |
Science -- Popular works.
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| Author |
Trefil, James, 1938-
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| LC no. |
90003786 |
| ISBN |
0385247966 |
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038526108X (paperback) |
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