- 640 pages
- English
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About this book
The Sciences: An Integrated Approach8th Edition by James Trefil and Robert Hazen uses an approach that recognizes that science forms a seamless web of knowledge about the universe. This text fully integrates physics, chemistry, astronomy, earth sciences, and biology and emphasizes general principles and their application to real- world situations. The goal of the text is to help students achieve scientific literacy. Applauded by students and instructors for its easy-to-read style and detail appropriate for non-science majors, the eighth edition has been updated to bring the most up-to-date coverage to the students in all areas of science.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Preface
- Contents
- About the Authors
- 1: Science: A Way of Knowing: How do you know what you know?
- 2: The Ordered Universe: Why do planets appear to wander slowly across the sky?
- 3: Energy: Why must animals eat to stay alive?
- 4: Heat and the Second Law of Thermodynamics: Why is it easier to make an omelet from an egg than to make an egg from an omelet?
- 5: Electricity and Magnetism: What is lightning?
- 6: Waves and Electromagnetic Radiation: What is color?
- 7: Albert Einstein and the Theory of Relativity: Can a human ever travel faster than the speed of light, at “warp speed”?
- 8: The Atom: Why are there so many different materials in the world?
- 9: Quantum Mechanics: How can the electron behave like both a particle and a wave?
- 10: Atoms in Combination: The Chemical Bond: How does blood clot?
- 11: Materials and Their Properties: How have computers gotten so much faster?
- 12: The Nucleus of the Atom: How do scientists determine the age of the oldest human fossils?
- 13: The Ultimate Structure of Matter: How can antimatter be used to probe the human brain?
- 14: The Stars: How much longer can the Sun sustain life on Earth?
- 15: Cosmology: Will the universe end?
- 16: Earth and Other Planets: Is Earth the only planet with life?
- 17: Plate Tectonics: Can we predict destructive earthquakes?
- 18: Earth’s Many Cycles: Will we ever run out of fresh water?
- 19: Ecology, Ecosystems, and the Environment: Are human activities affecting the global environment?
- 20: Strategies of Life: What is life?
- 21: The Living Cell: What is the smallest living thing?
- 22: Molecules of Life: What constitutes a healthy diet?
- 23: Classical and Modern Genetics: Why do offspring resemble their parents?
- 24: The New Science of Life: Can we cure cancer?
- 25: Evolution: How did life emerge on the ancient Earth?
- Glossary
- Index
- End User License Agreement