Over 100,000 readers have relied on Trefil to gain a better understanding of physics, chemistry, astronomy, earth sciences, and biology. The book focuses on the great ideas in each field while showing readers how core scientific principles connect to their daily lives. The sixth edition emphasizes important themes and relationships, along with new real world connections. Scientific American has been added to the book along with completely updated examples. The presentation also employs a more visual approach that includes new illustrations and visuals. In addition, new problems help readers answer the big questions in science.
1. Science: A Way of Knowing
2. The Ordered Universe
3. Energy
4. Heat and the Second Law of Thermodynamics
5. Electricity and Magnetism
6. Waves and Electromagnetic Radiation
7. Albert Einstein and the Theory of Relativity
8. The Atom
9. Quantum Mechanics
10. Atoms in Combination: The Chemical Bond
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