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More About This Title THE SCIENCES: AN INTEGRATED APPROACH, 3D EDITIONwith Student CD
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The new, third edition builds on the successful previous edition by incorporating changes that meet reform curriculum guidelines. Given the dynamic nature of the science disciplines covered in Trefil's text, updated content is critical. The new, third edition has thoroughly updated content throughout bringing the most up-to-date discoveries to the students in all five disciplines. its broad approach that covers such a variety of the science disciplines, updated content is crucial. This revision has several significant changes: URL's are included at the ends of each chapter, many of the Science News boxes are updated to show "hot topics".
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James Trefil is the Clarence Robinson Professor of Physics at George Mason University. He has made contributions to research in elementary particle physics, fluid mechanics, medical physics (including cancer research), and the earth sciences, Trefil was recently awarded the prestigious Gemant Prize of the American Institute of Physics for his efforts to present science to the public.
Robert M. Hazen is the Clarence Robinson Professor of Earth Science at George Mason University and Staff Scientist at the Carnegie Institution of Washington's Geophysical Laboratory. Hazen developed a fascination for rocks and minerals as a child growing up in mineral-rich Northern New Jersey, and he pursued that interest as an undergraduate at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. After receiving a doctorate in earth sciences from Harvard University, he spent a year at Cambridge University as a NATO Postdoctoral Fellow. In addition to teaching courses on scientific literacy, scientific ethics, symmetry in art and science, and visual thinking, he performs research on materials at high pressure. His current studies on the origin of life explore the hypothesis that life arose in a deep, high-pressure environment. Hazen is active in presenting science to the public. He developed a 60-lecture video version of this textbook, Great Principles of Science, which is available nationally through The Teaching Company. Hr has appeared on numerous radio and television shows, including NOVA and Today. His most recent popular book is The Diamond Makers, which recounts the discovery of a method to make synthetic diamonds. Robert Hazen is also a part-time professional trumpeter.
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The Ordered Universe.
Energy.
Heat and the Second Law of Thermodynamics.
Electricity and Magnetism.
Waves and Electromagnetic Radiation.
Albert Einstein and the Theory of Relativity.
The Atom.
Quantum Mechanics.
Atoms in Combination: The Chemical Bond.
Properties of Materials.
The Nucleus of the Atom.
The Ultimate Structure of Matter.
The Stars.
Cosmology.
The Earth and Other Planets.
Plate Tectonics.
Cycles of the Earth.
Ecology, Ecosystems and the Environment.
Strategies of Life.
Molecules of Life.
The Living Cell.
Classical and Modern Genetics.
The New Science of Life.
Evolution.
Appendices.
Glossary.
Credits.
Index.
