594 Pages 651 Color Illustrations
by CRC Press

594 Pages 651 Color Illustrations
by CRC Press

594 Pages
by CRC Press

Why is rubber elastic? Why are leaves green? Why can a gecko climb a wall? Answering these and a myriad of other puzzles of nature, Exploring Integrated Science shows how the simplest questions that arise from our daily experiences can lead us through a chain of reasoning that explains some of the most fascinating principles of science. Written in a non-technical, entertaining style to engage... Read more

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
Index

Biography

Belal E. Baaquie, Frederick H. Willeboordse