Why Icebergs Float : Exploring Science in Everyday Life /
From paintings and food to illness and icebergs, science is happening everywhere. Rather than follow the path of a syllabus or textbook, Andrew Morris takes examples from the science we see every day and uses them as entry points to explain a number of fundamental scientific concepts - from understa...
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[Lieu de publication non identifie] :
UCL Press,
2016.
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Innehållsförteckning:
- Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Preface; Acknowledgements; Contents; List of Figures; Introduction; 1. Foods We Love and Hate; 2. Why Old Masters Fade; 3. Cuts are Red, Veins are Blue . . .; 4. The Dual Nature of Light; 5. Models; 6. How We See; 7. The Brain; 8. Hormones; 9. Reflections on Molecules and the Body; 10. Bacteria, Viruses and Antibiotics; 11. Floating and Density; 12. Tides and Gravity; 13. Energy; 14. Energy on the Move; 15. Energy for Life; 16. Electricity; 17. MRI and the Brain; 18. Animal Culture; Epilogue;Appendix : Atoms, Elements and Molecules; Further Resources.