Science matters : achieving scientific literacy /

Hazen, Robert M.

Science matters : achieving scientific literacy / Robert M. Hazen & James Trefil. - 1st edition. - New York : Doubleday, c1991. - xix, 294 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Contents;

Introduction
1. Knowing
2. Energy
3. Electricity and magnetism
4. The atom
5. The world of the quantum
6. Chemical bonding
7. Atomic architecture
8. Nuclear physics
9. Particle physics
10. Astronomy
11. The cosmos
12. Relativity
13. The restless earth
14. Earth cycles
15. The ladder of life
16. The code of life
17. Evolution
18. Ecosystems



Includes bibliographical references and index.

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