The Kingfisher science encyclopedia / [general editor, Charles Taylor].

Contributor(s):

Taylor, Charles

Publication details: New York : Kingfisher, 2000.Description: vii, 488 p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 28 cmISBN:

0753452693

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503 22 SCI

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Table of Contents

CHAPTER 1 Planet Earth
Earth and the solar system
Earth's rotation
Fossils and geological time
Human origins, human change
Etc.

CHAPTER 2 LIVING THINGS
Life: Origins and development
Classification of living things
Single-called organisms
Fungi and Lichens
Plants anatomy
Etc.

CHAPTER 3 HUMAN BIOLOGY
Body organization
Skin, hair and nails
The skeleton
Bones and joints
Muscles and movement
The brain and nervous system
Etc.

CHAPTER 4 The origins of chemistry
The elements
Atoms
The periodic table
Chemical analysis
States of matter
Etc.

CHAPTER 5 MATERIALS AND TECHNOLOGY
Properties of solids
Properties of metals
Iron
Copper
Aluminum
Etc.

CHAPTER 6 LIGHT AND ENERGY
Heat and light from the sun
Radiation
The electromagnetic
Terrestrial energy sources
Heat and transfer
Etc.

CHAPTER 7 FORCES AND MOVEMENT
Force
Potential and kinetic energy
Work and energy
Momentum
Relativity and gravity
Etc.

CHAPTER 8 ELECTRICITY AND ELECTRONICS
Electricity
Electrical circuits
Magnets and magnetism
Electromagnetism
Generators and motors
Etc.

CHAPTER 9 SPACE AND TIME
The universe
The universe: origins and future
Galaxies
Stars
The sun
Etc.

CHAPTER 10 CONSERVATION
The natural balance
Action Zones
Saving the rain forests
Ocean life
Why species die out
Etc.

Includes Index p. 476-488

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