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Science explorer, written by David Burnie, Jack Challoner, Christopher Cooper, et al

eng

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index present

non fiction

Science explorer

55065029

written by David Burnie, Jack Challoner, Christopher Cooper, et al

Eyewitness books

Discover the principles of science and how it has revolutionized our lives

Energy: What is energy? -- Muscle energy -- Energy from fire -- Energy from wind and water -- Potential energy -- Energy of movement -- Imponderable fluids -- Heat energy -- Electromagnetism -- Conservation of energy -- Thermodynamics -- Steam energy -- Energy for transport -- Generating electricity -- Energy in the home -- Measuring energy -- Energy for communication -- Energy in waves -- Energy in packets -- Mass energy -- Energy from the nucleus -- Energy from the sun -- Photosynthesis -- Energy from food -- Fossil fuels -- Energy on a global scale -- Alternative energy -- Making the most of energy -- Origins and destiny of energy ? Light: Light, myth, and magic -- Making light -- Shadows -- Reflecting light -- Bending light -- Looking through lenses -- Seeing light images -- Bringing things closer -- Making things bigger -- Recording light -- Projecting pictures -- Splitting light -- Adding light -- Subtracting colors -- Particles and waves -- Diffraction and interference -- Interference in action -- Electromagnetic spectrum -- Electromagnetic waves -- Atoms and light -- Letting light through -- Polarized light -- Light energy -- Electric light -- Total internal reflection -- Laser light -- Holograms -- Speed of light -- Light in space -- Matter: What is matter? -- Ideas of the Greeks -- Investigating matter -- Solid matter -- World of crystals -- Metals and alloys -- Properties of liquids -- Gases and their properties -- Changes of state -- Colloids and gases -- Mixtures and compounds -- Conservation of matter -- Burning matter -- Charting the elements -- Building blocks -- Molecules -- Molecules in motion -- Carbon rings and chains -- Living matter -- Designing molecules -- Radioactivity -- Inside the atom -- Electrons, shells, and bonds -- Architecture of the nucleus -- Splitting the atom -- Hot matter -- Subatomic particles -- Four forces -- Birth and death of matter -- Chemistry: What is chemistry? -- Chemistry in nature -- Chemistry in ancient worlds -- First chemists -- Investigating mixtures -- Atoms and molecules -- Elements -- Investigating compounds -- Periodic table -- Looking at metals -- Discovering nonmetals -- Looking at air -- Burning reactions -- Noble gases -- Chemical reactions -- What drives a reaction? -- Rates of reactions -- Oxidation and reduction -- Acids and bases -- Forming salts -- Electricity and chemistry -- Chemistry of carbon -- Chemistry of life -- Organic synthesis -- First plastics -- Making synthetic materials -- Story of chemical analysis -- Monitoring materials -- Chemical industry -- Electricity: Mysterious force -- Ideas about electricity -- Quest for knowledge -- Collecting electric charge -- Using charges -- Flow of charge -- Electricity from chemicals -- Circuits & conductors -- Resisting electricity -- Measuring and quantifying -- Magnetism from electricity -- Electromagnets -- Electromagnets at work -- Discoveries using electricity -- Electricity from magnetism -- Magneto-electric machines -- Making things move -- Manipulating electricity -- Early electricity supplies -- Power station -- Electricity in the home -- Electrical appliances -- Electricity and medicine -- Heat, pressure, and light -- Investigating cathode rays -- Communicating with electricity -- Talking with electricity -- Communicating without wires -- Television and the future -- Force & motion: World in motion -- Ramps and wedges -- Wheels and axles -- Archimedes' screw -- Floating and sinking -- Levers -- Hoist away -- Getting into gear -- Complex machines -- Galileo's science of motion -- Science of the cannonball -- Newton's clockwork universe -- Newton's Laws in action -- Gravity: Long - range force -- Weight and mass -- Collisions -- Friction -- Energy -- Combined forces -- Pressure and flow -- Back and forth -- Giant vibrations -- Making waves -- Around in circles -- Spiraling in -- Spinning tops -- Ultimate speed limit -- Einstein; s gravity -- Fundamental forces

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