Exploring integrated science. (2009)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Belal E. Baaquie, Frederick H. Willeboordse.
• Other Names: Baaquie, B. E; Willeboordse, Frederick H
• Contents: 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
• Publisher Details: Place of publication not identified : CRC Press
• Publication Date: 2009
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations
• Subjects: 500; Science -- Miscellanea; Interdisciplinary approach to knowledge
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781420087949; 1420087940
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.