How science works
Answering all your burning scientific questions, from what it means to be alive to why things explode, How Science Works explains science facts throughout amazing diagrams and infographics. Unlock the secrets of the universe, such as whether a robot takeover is possible, and marvel at the surprising...
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Dorling Kindersley Limited
2018
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Table of Contents:
- What makes science special
- Matter
- What is matter?
- Solids
- Liquids
- Gases
- Strange states
- Transforming matter
- Inside an atom
- The subatomic world
- Waves and particles
- The quantum world
- Particle accelerators
- The elements
- Radioactivity
- Mixtures and compounds
- Molecules and ions
- Getting a reaction
- Reactions and energy
- Metals
- Hydrogen
- Carbon
- Air
- Burning and exploding
- Water
- Acids and bases
- Crystals
- Solutions and solvents
- Catalysts
- Making chemicals
- Plastics
- Glass and ceramics
- Wonder materials
- Energy and forces
- What is energy?
- Static electricity
- Electric currents
- Magnetic forces
- Generating electricity
- Alternative energy
- How electronics work
- t Microchips
- How computers work
- Virtual reality
- Nanotechnology
- Robots and automation
- Artificial intelligence
- Waves
- From radio waves to gamma rays
- Color
- Mirrors and lenses
- How lasers work
- Using optics
- Sound
- Heat
- Heat transfer
- Forces
- Velocity and acceleration
- Machines
- Friction
- Springs and pendulums
- Pressure
- Flight
- How buoyancy works
- Vacuums
- Gravity
- Special relativity
- General relativity
- Gravitational waves
- String theory
- Life
- What is "alive"?
- Types of living thing
- Viruses
- Cells
- How genes work
- Reproduction
- Passing on genes
- How did life begin?
- How plants fuel the world
- How plants grow
- Respiration
- The carbon cycle
- Aging
- Genomes
- Genetic engineering
- Gene therapy
- Stem cells
- Cloning
- Space
- Stars
- The Sun
- The solar system
- Space flotsam
- Black holes
- Galaxies
- The Big Bang
- How big is the universe?
- Dark matter and dark energy
- How it ends
- Seeing the universe
- Are we alone?
- Spaceflight
- Living in space
- Traveling to other worlds
- Earth
- Inside Earth
- Plate tectonics
- Earthquakes
- Volcanoes
- The rock cycle
- Oceans
- Earth's atmosphere
- How weather works
- Extreme weather
- Climate and the seasons
- The water cycle
- The greenhouse effect
- Climate change