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· 분류 : 외국도서 > 과학/수학/생태 > 과학 > 물리학 > 일반
· ISBN : 9781420087932
· 쪽수 : 594쪽
· 출판일 : 2009-12-01
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Our Universe: Where Are We?
Numbers in Our World: How Do We Reach Infinity and Beyond?
Energy: Why Can Sunlight Power the World?
Atoms: Why Are the Elements So Different from Each Other?
Combining Atoms: How Do Atoms Bond?
Fluids: How Does Water Flow?
Materials: Why Is Steel Strong and Glass Fragile?
Polymers: Why Is Rubber Elastic?
Sparks in Nature: What Is Electricity?
Odor: Why Can We Smell Perfume?
Sound: Why Can We Hear Music?
Nature’s Solar Cells: Why Are Leaves Green?
Vision: Why Can We See Sunlight?
Biopolymers: Why Does Life Use Polymers?
Proteins: Who Does All the Work?
RNA: Jack of All Trades, Master of None?
DNA: What Determines the Structure of DNA?
Information: Does DNA Compute?
Nanoworld: Why Can a Gecko Climb a Wall?
Complexity: Why Do We Need Only a Small Number of Genes?
Evolution: Why Are There Many Species?
Relativity: Why Does E = mc2?
Quantum Mechanics I: Why Are There Black Lines in the Spectrum of the Sun?
Quantum Mechanics II: Is Nature Counterintuitive?
Complex Numbers
Laws
Equations
Units
Prefixes
Constants
Sizes
Credits
Periodic Table
Electromagnetic Spectrum
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