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Why icebergs float : exploring science everyday life /

From paintings and food to illness and icebergs, science is happening everywhere. Rather than follow the path of a syllabus or textbook, Andrew Morris takes examples from the science we see every day and uses them as entry points to explain a number of fundamental scientific concepts - from understa...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Morris, Andrew (Science teacher)
Corporate Author: JSTOR (Organization)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : UCL Press, 2016.
Series:Open Access e-Books
Knowledge Unlatched
Subjects:
Science > Popular works.
Sciences > Ouvrages de vulgarisation.
SCIENCE > General.
Science.
Electronic books.
Popular works.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • 1. Foods we love and hate
  • 2. Why old masters fade
  • 3. Cuts are red, veins are blue ...
  • 4. The dual nature of light
  • 5. Models
  • 6. How we see
  • 7. The brain
  • 8. Hormones
  • 9. Reflections on molecules and the body
  • 10. Bacteria, viruses and antibiotics
  • 11. Floating and density
  • 12. Tides and gravity
  • 13. Energy
  • 14. Energy on the move
  • 15. Energy for life
  • 16. Electricity
  • 17. MRI and the brain
  • 18. Animal culture
  • Epilogue
  • Appendix: Atoms, elements and molecules.