The Physical Sciences: An Integrated Approach

The Physical Sciences: An Integrated Approach

Yazar : Robert M. Hazen James Trefil
Yayınevi : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN : 9780471002499
Baskı yılı : 1996
Sayfa sayısı : 768
Ağırlık : 1.36 kg
Stok durumu : Tükendi   
Organizes physical science around a "Great Ideas" approach, stressing the interrelationships between the various disciplines. Physics, geology, chemistry and astronomy are presented as an integrated whole rather than as separate topics. The text is organized around a series of 22 scientific principles (one per chapter). Chapters begin with a unifying "Great Idea," intended to allow students to grasp the chief concepts of the chapter.
1 Science: A Way of Knowing 1
2 The Language of Science 26
3 The Ordered Universe 50
4 The Clockwork Universe 82
5 Energy 110
6 Temperature, Heat, and the Second Law of Thermodynamics 140
7 Electricity and Magnetism 166
8 Waves and Electromagnetic Radiation 200
9 The Atom 234
10 Quantum Mechanics 264
11 Atoms in Combination: The Chemical Bond 284
12 Chemical Reactions 310
13 Properties of Materials 348
14 The Nucleus of the Atom 376
15 The Ultimate Structure of Matter 410
16 Albert Einstein and the Theory of Relativity 434
17 The Earth and Other Planets 460
18 The Dynamic Earth 492
19 Cycles of the Earth 526
20 Historical Geology 570
21 The Stars 610
22 Cosmology 644
App. A. Quantitative Thinking A-1
App. B. The Geologic Time Scale A-9
App. C. Selected Physical Constants and Astronomical Data A-13
App. D. Properties of the Planets A-14
App. E. Star Charts A-15
App. F. The Chemical Elements A-28
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