I Used to Know That: General Science

✍ Scribed by Taylor, Marianne

• Publisher: Michael O' Mara Books
• Year: 2012
• Tongue: English
• Series: I used to know that
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Cover; Title page; Dedication & Copyright page; Contents; Foreword by Caroline Taggart; Introduction; PHYSICS; Energy and electricity; Using electricity; Heat transfer and efficiency; Generating electricity; Forces; Laws of physics; The origins of the universe; Planets, stars and galaxies; The four fundamental forces; Waves, radiation and space; Radioactive substances; The electromagnetic spectrum; Waves; CHEMISTRY; The periodic table; Collision theory and rates of reaction; Chemical reactions; Chemical bonds; Atomic structure; How the table works; Fuels, air, pollution.;"I Used To Know That: General Science" is an easy and accessible trip down memory lane, helping you remember all those useful things from school which you have now forgotten. Take a look at all the sciences: biology, for example the human body, cell biology and genetics; chemistry, including the periodic table, fuels and pollution, metals and alloys; and physics, such as the laws of energy and electricity, forces and the universe, waves, radiation and space.

✦ Table of Contents

Cover
Title page
Dedication & Copyright page
Contents
Foreword by Caroline Taggart
Introduction
PHYSICS
Energy and electricity
Using electricity
Heat transfer and efficiency
Generating electricity
Forces
Laws of physics
The origins of the universe
Planets, stars and galaxies
The four fundamental forces
Waves, radiation and space
Radioactive substances
The electromagnetic spectrum
Waves
CHEMISTRY
The periodic table
Collision theory and rates of reaction
Chemical reactions
Chemical bonds
Atomic structure
How the table works
Fuels, air, pollution. Making life cycle assessmentsUseful chemicals from crude oil
Measuring pollutants
Chemicals in the air
Metals
Construction materials
Metals and alloys
The Earth's structure
Organic chemistry
Harmful chemicals
Nutrition
Natural polymers and their roles in nature
BIOLOGY
Human (and other) bodies
Sensory systems
Respiratory system
Reproductive system
Digestive system
Nervous system
Muscles and skin
Skeletal structure
Circulation
Cell biology
Hormones
Photosynthesis
Structure of a cell
Evolution and environment ecology
Extinction
Predation
Population. Mutation and natural selectionThe evolution of the eukaryotic cell
The origins of life
Genetics
Reproduction and cloning
Inheritance
Chromosomes
Index
Further reading.

✦ Subjects

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