FUNDAMENTALS OF SCIENCE

By ISABELLA THOMPSON

CONTENTS GENERAL SCIENCE, MATHEMATICS, AND TECHNOLOGY … INTRODUCTION … SOCIETIES, PUBLICATIONS, AND AWARDS … NUMBERS … MATHEMATICS … COMPUTERS PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY … ENERGY, MOTION, AND FORCE … LIGHT, SOUND, AND OTHER WAVES … ELECTRICITY AND MAGNETISM … MATTER … CHEMICAL ELEMENTS … TEMPERATURE, MEASUREMENT, AND METHODOLOGY ASTRONOMY AND SPACE … UNIVERSE … STARS … PLANETS AND MOONS … COMETS AND METEORITES … OBSERVATION AND MEASUREMENT … EXPLORATION EARTH … AIR … PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS … WATER … LAND … VOLCANOES AND EARTHQUAKES … OBSERVATION AND MEASUREMENT CLIMATE AND WEATHER… TEMPERATURE … AIR PHENOMENA … WIND … PRECIPITATION … WEATHER PREDICTION MINERALS, METALS, AND OTHER MATERIALS … ROCKS AND MINERALS … METALS … NATURAL SUBSTANCES … MAN-MADE PRODUCTS ENERGY … FOSSIL FUELS … RENEWABLE AND ALTERNATIVE ENERGY … NUCLEAR ENERGY … MEASURES AND MEASUREMENT … CONSUMPTION AND CONSERVATION ENVIRONMENT … BIOMES, ECOLOGICAL CYCLES, AND ENVIRONMENTAL MILESTONES … POLLUTION AND WASTES … RECYCLING AND CONSERVATION … EXTINCT AND ENDANGERED PLANTS AND ANIMALS BIOLOGY … CELLS … VIRUSES, BACTERIA, PROTISTS, AND FUNGI … DNA, RNA, AND CHROMOSOMES … GENETICS AND EVOLUTION … CLASSIFICATION, LABORATORY TOOLS, AND TECHNIQUES PLANT WORLD … INTRODUCTION AND HISTORICAL BACKGROUND … PLANT DIVERSITY … PLANT STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION … FLOWERS AND UNUSUAL PLANTS … TREES AND SHRUBS … SOIL, GARDENING, AND FARMING ANIMAL WORLD … INTRODUCTION AND HISTORICAL BACKGROUND … ANIMAL CHARACTERISTICS AND ACTIVITIES … SPONGES, COELENTERATES, AND WORMS … MOLLUSKS AND ECHINODERMS … ARTHROPODS: CRUSTACEANS, INSECTS, AND SPIDERS … FISH, AMPHIBIANS, AND REPTILES … BIRDS … MAMMALS … PETS HUMAN BODY … INTRODUCTION AND HISTORICAL BACKGROUND … TISSUES, ORGANS, AND GLANDS … BONES AND MUSCLES … SKIN, HAIR, AND NAILS … BLOOD AND CIRCULATION … NERVES AND SENSES … DIGESTION … REPRODUCTION AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HEALTH AND MEDICINE