Science matters : achieving scientific literacy /
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| Author / Creator: | Hazen, Robert M., 1948- |
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| Edition: | 2nd Anchor Books ed. |
| Imprint: | New York : Anchor Books, 2009. |
| Description: | xxii, 360 p. : ill., map ; 21 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7734511 |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction Scientific Literacy: What It Is, Why It's Important, and Why We Don't Have It
- 1. Knowing The universe is regular and predictable
- 2. Energy Energy is conserved and always goes from more useful to less useful forms
- 3. Electricity and Magnetism Electricity and magnetism are two aspects of the same force
- 4. The Atom All matter is made of atoms
- 5. The World of the Quantum Everything comes in discrete units and you can't measure anything without changing it
- 6. Chemical Bonding Atoms are bound by electron glue
- 7. Atomic Architecture The way a material behaves depends on how its atoms are arranged
- 8. Nuclear Physics Nuclear energy comes from the conversion of mass
- 9. The Fundamental Structure of Matter All matter is really made of quarks and leptons
- 10. Astronomy Stars experience a cycle of birth and death
- 11. The Cosmos The universe was born at a specific time in the past, and it has been expanding ever since
- 12. Relativity Every observer sees the same laws of nature
- 13. The Restless Earth Earth's surface is constantly changing, and no feature on Earth is permanent
- 14. Earth Cycles Earth operates in cycles
- 15. The Ladder of Life All living things are made from cells, the chemical factories of life
- 16. The Code of Life All life is based on the same genetic code
- 17. Biotechnology All life is based on the same chemistry and genetic code
- 18. Evolution All forms of life evolved by natural selection
- 19. Ecosystems All life is connected
- Epilogue The Role of Science
- Index
