The Sciences : An Integrated Approach (Paperback, 9 ed)

1 Science: A Way of Knowing: How do you know what

you know? 1

2 The Ordered Universe: Why do planets appear to wander

slowly across the sky? 30

3 Energy: Why must animals eat to stay alive? 63

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? 92

5 Electricity and Magnetism: What is lightning? 119

6 Waves and Electromagnetic Radiation: What is color? 151

7 Albert Einstein and the Theory of Relativity: Can a

human ever travel faster than the speed of light, at

“warp speed”? 185

8 The Atom: Why are there so many diff erent materials

in the world? 209

9 Quantum Mechanics: How can the electron behave like

both a particle and a wave? 234

10 Atoms in Combination: The Chemical Bond: How does

blood clot? 254

11 Materials and Their Properties: How have computers

gotten so much faster? 289

12 The Nucleus of the Atom: How do scientists determine

the age of the oldest human fossils? 316

13 The Ultimate Structure of Matter: How can antimatter be

used to probe the human brain? 346

14 The Stars: How much longer can the Sun sustain life

on Earth? 369

15 Cosmology: Will the universe end? 396

16 Earth and Other Planets: Is Earth the only planet

with life? 422

17 Plate Tectonics: Can we predict destructive earthquakes? 458

18 Earth’s Many Cycles: Will we ever run out of fresh water? 487

19 Ecology, Ecosystems, and the Environment: Are human

activities aff ecting the global environment? 520

20 Strategies of Life: What is life? 547

21 The Living Cell: What is the smallest living thing? 576

22 Molecules of Life: What constitutes a healthy diet? 600

23 Classical and Modern Genetics: Why do offspring

resemble their parents? 627

24 The New Science of Life: How did scientists develop a

vaccine for COVID 19? 653

25 Evolution: How did life emerge on the ancient Earth? 685

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