Order and disorder : science essentials for the non-scientist /
"Order and Disorder is a non-mathematical introduction to the most important ideas in science for university students not majoring in a scientific area."--Page 4 of cover.
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Imperial College Press,
c2011.
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| 100 | 1 | |a Kaufman, Myron, |d 1937- | |
| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Order and disorder : |b science essentials for the non-scientist / |c Myron Kaufman. |
| 246 | 3 | 0 | |a Science essentials for the non-scientist |
| 260 | |a London : |b Imperial College Press, |c c2011. | ||
| 300 | |a ix, 451 p. : |b ill. (some col.) ; |c 24 cm. | ||
| 500 | |a Includes index. | ||
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a The nature of science -- Order -- Particles -- Forces and motion -- Waves -- Energy -- Particle-waves -- The new physics -- Atoms -- The elements -- Compounds -- Organic compounds -- Entropy -- Equilibrium and steady state -- Introduction to life -- The components of life -- Molecules of life -- Information storage and transmission of life -- Beyond the cell -- The nervous system -- The Earth -- Ecology and evolution -- Astronomy. | |
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