The Sciences: An Integrated Approach, Study Guide, 3rd Edition

by James Trefil; Robert M. Hazen

• ISBN13: 9780471400950
• ISBN10: 0471400955
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-01-01
• Publisher: Wiley

Summary

Work more effectively and gauge your progress along the way! Designed to be used alongside Trefil' s "The Sciences, 4th Edition," this Study Guide contains many elements that foster student success. Included are chapter reviews, learning objectives, key chapter concepts and key concept charts. The ties between science and math are reinforced with key formulas and equations. Links to scientists and their findings are outlined to help improve your comprehension of key subject area concepts. The Sciences, 4th Edition integrates major concepts from physics, chemistry, astronomy, earth sciences, and biology to help anyone become science-literate. Even readers with little or no science background will find this unique book an indispensable guide to understanding the latest headlines, controversies, and scientific developments. The new edition keeps pace with the dynamic nature of the sciences by incorporating the most up-to-date discoveries in all five disciplines.

Author Biography

James Trefil has authored or coauthored numerous books on science for the general audience. He serves as a regular contributor and science consultant for Smithsonian Magazine and as a science commentator on National Public Radio Robert M. Hazen is the Clarence Robinson Professor of Earth Science at George Mason University and Staff Scientist at the Carnegie Institution of Washington's Geophysical Laboratory

Table of Contents

Science: A Way of Knowing	1	(9)
The Ordered Universe	9	(12)
Energy	21	(10)
Heat and the Second Law of Thermodynamics	31	(10)
Electricity and Magnetism	41	(12)
Electromagnetic Radiation	53	(12)
Albert Einstein and the Theory of Relativity	65	(8)
The Atom	73	(10)
Quantum Mechanics	83	(6)
Atoms in Combination: The Chemical Bond	89	(12)
Properties of Materials	101	(10)
The Nucleus of the Atom	111	(10)
The Ultimate Structure of Matter	121	(10)
The Stars	131	(10)
Cosmology	141	(10)
The Earth and Other Planets	151	(10)
Plate Tectonics	161	(10)
Cycles of the Earth	171	(12)
Ecology, Ecosystems, and the Environment	183	(12)
Strategies of Life	195	(12)
Molecules of Life	207	(12)
The Living Cell	219	(12)
Classical and Modern Genetics	231	(12)
The New Science of Life	243	(8)
Evolution	251