Physical Science Concepts [2 ed.] 0961138106

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English Pages 418 Year 1997

Physical Science Concepts [2 ed.]
0961138106

Author / Uploaded
Grant Mason
Dana Griffen
John Merrill
James Thorne

Categories
Physics

Table of contents :
Title page
Contents (detailed)
Preface
Preface to the Second Edition
1. Prologue
2. Science and the Universe
3. Laws Governing Motion
4. The Fundamental Interactions
5. Applications of the Laws of Force and Motion
6. Some Effects Due to Internai Forces
7. Conservation Laws
8. The Special Principle Relativity
9. Special Relativity
10. The Physical Properties of Matter
11. The Molecular Model of Matter
12. The Law of Increasing Disorder
13. Waves
14. The Properties of Light
15. The Nuclear Atom
16. Duality of Matter
17. The Wave Model of the Atom
18. The Periodic Table
19. Molecules and Compounds
20. Metals and their Compounds
21. Compounds of Nonmetals
22. Chemistry of Living Things
23. How Life Works
24. The Nucleus
Plates
25. Nuclear Forces and Nuclear Energy
26. Cosmology: How the Universe Works
27. The History of a Star
28. Planet Earth
29. Geologie Time
30. The Interior of the Earth
31. From Continental Drift to Plate Tectonies: The Evidence
32. Plate Tectonics: A Working Model for the Earth
33. Fossils: The Record of Life
34. The Changing Face of the Earth
Appendix A. Suggestions for Study
Appendix B. The Chemical Elements
Appendix C. The Periodic Chart of the Elements
Appendix D. Oints and Answers to Exercises
Sources and Further Readings
General Index
Biographical Index
Notes (missing)