{"product_id":"the-sciences-isbn-9781119845782","title":"The Sciences","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Sciences: An Integrated Approach, 9th Edition\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e by James Trefil and Robert Hazen recognizes that science forms a seamless web of knowledge about the universe. This text fully integrates physics, chemistry, astronomy, Earth sciences, and biology and emphasizes general principles and their application to real world situations. The goal of the text is to help students achieve scientific literacy. Applauded by students and instructors for its easy-to-read style and detail appropriate for non-science majors, the ninth edition has been updated to bring the most up-to-date coverage to the students in all areas of science, with increased emphasis on climate change, sustainability, viruses and public health, and an extensively updated chapter on the importance of bioengineering.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFEATURES INCLUDE:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Science of Life -\u003c\/b\u003e To help show the interdisciplinary nature of the many concepts introduced in the text, sections on living things are included in most chapters. The chapters that emphasize principles specifically related to life are at the end of the book, but the biological examples appear throughout.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Ongoing Process of Science -\u003c\/b\u003e Science is a never-ending process of asking questions and seeking answers. In these features, some of the most exciting questions currently being addressed by scientists are examined.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMathematical Equations and Worked Examples -\u003c\/b\u003e Whenever an equation is introduced, it is presented in three steps: first as a sentence, second as a word equation, and finally in its traditional symbolic form. In this way, students can focus on the meaning rather than the abstraction of the mathematics. An appendix on English and SI units is also included.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eScience by the Numbers -\u003c\/b\u003e To help students understand the importance of simple mathematical calculations in areas of magnitude, several nontraditional calculations have been incorporated. For example, how much solid waste is generated in the United States, how long it would take to erode a mountain, and how many people were required to build Stonehenge.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGreat Ideas and Great Ideas Concept -\u003c\/b\u003e Each chapter begins with a statement of a great unifying idea or theme in science and a concept map so that students immediately grasp the chief concept of the chapter and how the idea relates to the different branches of science. These statements are intended to provide a framework for placing everyday experiences into a broad context.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eStop and Think! Questions\u003c\/b\u003e challenge students to think critically about the implications of a scientific discovery or principle.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eResources for Instructors and Students\u003c\/b\u003e including practice quizzes, flashcards, lecture slides, an instructor’s manual, images and tables from the book, a test bank, and much more!\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Science: A Way of Knowing: How do you know what you know? 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 The Ordered Universe: Why do planets appear to wander slowly across the sky? 30\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Energy: Why must animals eat to stay alive? 63\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Heat and the Second Law of Thermodynamics: Why is it easier to make an omelet from an egg than to make an egg from an omelet? 92\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Electricity and Magnetism: What is lightning? 119\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Waves and Electromagnetic Radiation: What is color? 151\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Albert Einstein and the Theory of Relativity: Can a human ever travel faster than the speed of light, at \"warp speed\"? 185\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 The Atom: Why are there so many different materials in the world? 209\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Quantum Mechanics: How can the electron behave like both a particle and a wave? 234\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Atoms in Combination: The Chemical Bond: How does blood clot? 254\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Materials and Their Properties: How have computers gotten so much faster? 289\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 The Nucleus of the Atom: How do scientists determine the age of the oldest human fossils? 316\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 The Ultimate Structure of Matter: How can antimatter be used to probe the human brain? 346\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 The Stars: How much longer can the Sun sustain life on Earth? 369\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 Cosmology: Will the universe end? 396\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 Earth and Other Planets: Is Earth the only planet with life? 422\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 Plate Tectonics: Can we predict destructive earthquakes? 458\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 Earth's Many Cycles: Will we ever run out of fresh water? 487\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19 Ecology, Ecosystems, and the Environment: Are human activities affecting the global environment? 520\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20 Strategies of Life: What is life? 547\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21 The Living Cell: What is the smallest living thing? 576\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22 Molecules of Life: What constitutes a healthy diet? 600\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e23 Classical and Modern Genetics: Why do offspring resemble their parents? 627\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e24 The New Science of Life: How did scientists develop a vaccine for COVID 19? 653\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e25 Evolution: How did life emerge on the ancient Earth? 685\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex I-1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAdditional appendices available online only\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJames S. Trefil\u003c\/b\u003e is the Clarence J Robinson Professor of Physics at George Mason University and author of more than fifty books. He is a Fellow of the American Physical Society, the AAAS, and the World Economic Forum. Much of his published work focuses on science for the general audience. He regularly gives presentations to judges and public officials about the intersections between science and the law. His most recent books are \u003ci\u003eCosmic Queries,\u003c\/i\u003e with Neil deGrasse Tyson, which deals with fundamental questions about the universe and was on the New York Times best seller list, and \u003ci\u003eImagined Life\u003c\/i\u003e with Michael Summers, which examines the possibility of life on newly discovered exoplanets.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRobert M. Hazen\u003c\/b\u003e is Senior Staff Scientist at the Carnegie Institution's Geophysical Laboratory and Clarence Robinson Professor of Earth Sciences, Emeritus, at George Mason University. He is author of more than 400 articles and 25 books on science, history, and music. His book \u003ci\u003eThe Story of Earth \u003c\/i\u003e(Viking-Penguin), was finalist in the Royal Society and Phi Beta Kappa science book competitions. A Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the Geochemical Society, the American Geophysical Union, and the Geological Society of America, he received the 2021 IMA Medal, the 2016 Roebling Medal, the Mineralogical Society of America Award and MSA's Distinguished Public Service Medal, and the American Chemical Society Ipatieff Prize. In 2012 he was recipient of Virginia's Outstanding Faculty Award. He has presented numerous named lectures and was Distinguished Lecturer for Sigma Xi and MSA, for which he is a past President. 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