General Science
Conceptual Integrated Science
Publisher: Addison Wesley, 2006, 768pp, 1st ed.
From the author of the number one textbooks in physical science and liberal-arts physics comes the eagerly awaited new text, Conceptual Integrated Science. Using his proven conceptual approach, accessible writing, and fun and informative illustrations, Hewitt and his team of science experts have crafted an introductory textbook that focuses on the unifying concepts and real-life examples across physics, chemistry, earth science, biology, and astronomy.
Table of contents
1. About Science
2. Describing Motion
3. Newton’s Laws of Motion
4. Energy and Momentum
5. Gravity
6. Heat
7. Electricity and Magnetism
8. Waves–Sound and Light
9. The Atom
10. Nuclear Physics
11. Investigating Matter
12. Combining Atoms
13. Chemical Reactions
14. Organic Chemistry
15. The Basic Unit of Life–The Cell
16. Genetics
17. The Evolution of Life
18. Biological Diversity
19. Human Biology I
20. Human Biology II
21. Ecosystems and Environment
22. Plate Tectonics
23. Rocks and Minerals
24. Earth’s Surfaces and Processes
25. Earth’s Waters and Weather
26. A Brief History of the Earth
27. The Solar System
28. The Universe