Explains the basic scientific principles that govern the world, and shows how they manifest themselves in our everyday lives.
Science Matters
Explores over 150 scientific topics, ranging from acid rain to x-rays. Intended for general readers.
... Powell 1998 101 Things You Don't Know About Science and No One Else Does Either Trefil 1996 The Physics of Star Trek Krauss 1995 The Real Science Behind the X-files Simon 1999 Relativity Simply Explained Gardner 1997 Science, ...
Containing contributions from knowledgeable humanists, social scientists and physicists, the book is intended for those — from artists to scientists — who are curious about the world and are interested in understanding it with a unified ...
Explains the basic scientific principles that govern our world, and shows how they manifest themselves in our everyday lives
Science. Matters: A. Unified. Perspective. Lui. Lam. What is science? The answer is that “everything in Nature is part of science.” On the one hand, what we called “natural science” is actually the science of (mostly) simple systems; ...
Achieving Scientific Literacy Robert M. Hazen, James Trefil. about what wc now call astronomy. Early astronomy provided information about when to plant crops and gave humans their first formal method of recording the passage of time.
In the spirit of The Discovery of Cultural Literacy and Innumeracy, two world-class scientists unlock the mysteries of our clockwork universe in an illuminating effort to stem the rising tide...