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Understand science / Jon Evans.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: eng Publication details: London : Hodder Education ; [Place of publication not identified] : McGraw-Hill, 2011.Description: x, 230 pages : illustrations ; 20 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780071775335
  • 0071775331
  • 9781444114812
  • 1444114816
Other title:
  • Teach yourself understand science
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 500
LOC classification:
  • Q162 .E885 2011
Contents:
How we got here. Bang, we're off ; Molecules in space ; Recipe for a solar system ; Life begins ; Evolution and extinction -- Way of all flesh. Life in sequence ; From the bottom up ; Getting it on ; Man the defences ; Attack of the nerves -- Earth, wind and fire. Ground beneath our feet ; Shake, rattle and roll ; Earth rocks ; Wet and windy ; Stormy weather -- We have the technology. Full of energy ; Coming in waves ; Information overload ; Pedal to the metal ; It's alive -- When science goes bad. Fraud, fakery and fantasy ; Shocks and scares ; Hot enough for you? ; Apocalypse now ; Know your limits -- Science of the future. Back to the future ; A.I. ; Innerspace ; A space odyssey ; Things to come.
Summary: Covers all of the essential facts on all key areas from evolution and cell biology to star formation and plate tectonics. The essential introductory guide for a journey of discovery through physics, chemistry, biology, and more.
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Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Automatización y Procesos Técnicos Automatización y Procesos Técnicos (1er. Piso) Q162 .E885 2011 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00000193022

At head of title: Teach yourself.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

How we got here. Bang, we're off ; Molecules in space ; Recipe for a solar system ; Life begins ; Evolution and extinction -- Way of all flesh. Life in sequence ; From the bottom up ; Getting it on ; Man the defences ; Attack of the nerves -- Earth, wind and fire. Ground beneath our feet ; Shake, rattle and roll ; Earth rocks ; Wet and windy ; Stormy weather -- We have the technology. Full of energy ; Coming in waves ; Information overload ; Pedal to the metal ; It's alive -- When science goes bad. Fraud, fakery and fantasy ; Shocks and scares ; Hot enough for you? ; Apocalypse now ; Know your limits -- Science of the future. Back to the future ; A.I. ; Innerspace ; A space odyssey ; Things to come.

Covers all of the essential facts on all key areas from evolution and cell biology to star formation and plate tectonics. The essential introductory guide for a journey of discovery through physics, chemistry, biology, and more.

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