Why icebergs float : : exploring science everyday life / / Andrew Morris.
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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Place / Publishing House: | London, England : : UCL Press,, 2016. |
Year of Publication: | 2016 |
Language: | English |
Physical Description: | 1 online resource (220 pages) |
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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.