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| Material Type: | Secondary (senior high) school, Internet resource |
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| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Charles M Wynn; Arthur W Wiggins; Sidney Harris |
| ISBN: | 0471138126 9780471138129 |
| OCLC Number: | 35222942 |
| Description: | vii, 200 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. |
| Contents: | The road to discovery: The method of science -- Big idea #1: Physics' model of the atom: Seeing the unseeable -- Big idea #2: Chemistry's periodic law: Sorting the elements -- Big idea #3: Astronomy's big bang theory: Tracing the elements' roots -- Big idea #4: Geology's plate tectonics model: Down to Earth -- Big idea #5: Biology's theory of evolution: Life begins and branches out -- The method of science: Further insights -- Benefit/risk analysis: Potential applications of scientific knowledge -- Epilogue -- Idea folders -- Additional reading -- Index. |
| Responsibility: | Charles M. Wynn and Arthur W. Wiggins ; with cartoon commentary by Sidney Harris. |
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Abstract:
Presents five basic scientific hypotheses: the atomic model, the periodic law, the big bang theory, plate tectonics, and evolution.
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