Everyday science explained
Grades: 9 10 11 12 Post-Sec.
ENC#: ENC-026367
Publisher: National Geographic Society (NGS)
Date: 1996
Ordering Information
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Subjects:
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Biochemistry. Biology. Chemistry. Forces and motion. Human body. Life Science. Physical Science. Physics. |
Resource Type:
Resource materials for math or science.
Abstract:
This reference book from the National Geographic Society provides facts and content information on physical and life sciences. The easy-to-read format and real-world pictures help explain how science is involved in our daily lives. Divided into four areas, the book offers information in two physics sections ranging from entropy to electricity; a chemistry section including information on elements, pH, and carbons; and a biology section covering the topics of microbiology and biochemistry. Two pages are devoted to a topic, each with color pictures or diagrams and a text description of the topic.
For example, to illustrate the everyday application of friction, pictures of a person climbing a mountain and parachuting appear along side text that explains the basics of this force. Two small boxes also explain how friction is used to create fire and sound, while another box provides approximate static coefficients. All the sections are color coded and each individual topic lists page numbers of cross-referenced material. (Author/RKR)
Table of Contents:
Introduction: living, breathing science
Matter and motion
Why nature loves to ski
Orders of magnitude
Getting started
Newton 1: inertia
Newton 2: force equals mass times acceleration
Newton 3: equal and opposite
Neither created nor destroyed
Can't stop on a dime
Friction as friend
Friction: durable foe
Looking for leverage
Wedges and wheels
Animals at work
To stick or not to stick
Pressure and gases
Pascal's liquid assets
Making steel float
A turbulent world
Taking Bernoulli for a ride
Making waves
Reflection and refraction
Resonance and interference
Turning up the heat
How heat gets around
Heat and weather
The effects of Coriolis
Forces of nature
The four forces
A situation of gravity
Gravity's rainbow shapes
Attraction from afar
Magnetism and our lives
Getting charged
Electricity in motion
To conduct or not to conduct
Around and around
Resistance: pros and cons
Living on the grid
Now you see it...
Light of many colors
Managing light for fun and profit
Of sunlight and Earth
Making light bend
Focusing on worlds near and far
Beyond visible light
At the cutting edge of light
Making light speak
In our own image
The photoelectric effect
Inner sanctum
The right stuff
Elements: personality kids
Getting together
Odd couples
We're the stuff of stars
Skeletons of substance
Marriages of convenience
Let's drink to water!
Fresh water: not here
Seeking balance: pH
Chemistry for contractors
Those amazing halogens
Halogens and the environment
Ashes to ashes, rust to rust
It's what's for dinner
Carbon's black magic
A world of fuels
Endless variations on a theme
The chemistry of life
What is life, anyway?
Cells without walls
Turning sunlight into food
Life runs on sugar
Turning on your body heat
Getting going
Fats: the good, the bad, and the ugly
The building blocks of life
Hormones: the body's semaphores
How cells change as they stay the same
Your personal bar code for life
What makes a species
Evolution: nature's test drives
The death of a cell
Cells that never die
Two killers on the rise
We're all Trojan horses
Bacteria of the world
Viral invaders
Vaccines and viruses
The body's immune system
The enemy within
Nervous systems
Nerves and muscles
Putting flex in your step
Born to beat
Of heart attacks and brain attacks
Running on rust
Being good to your gut
The magic of the liver
Vitamins and minerals
Bones and teeth
Blood: the liquid organ
Basics of the brain
Seeing and believing
Perception, or confusion?
Sounds of a lifetime
Taste and smell
Thresholds of pain
Emotion and memory
Drugs of pleasure
Sleep and dreams
Intimations of mortality
Index
Acknowledgments and additional reading
Credits
Pricing Information:
 | Description: 1 text (hardbound) | Cost: $35.00 | ISBN: 978-0-7922-3410-4 | Order#: 01700C | |
Publisher:
National Geographic Society (NGS) Contributor(s):
| Author: Curt Suplee. |
Specifications:
1 text (272 pages : color photographs ; 28 cm.)
Record Created: 12/18/2002 Last Modified: 04/18/2005
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