The Earth

Rebecca Hunter

• Hardcover | Engels | 21st Century Science
• Our planet is part of a system of worlds comprising the Sun's family that was formed 4.6 billion years ago. Over that span of time, all plant and anim... Lees meer

Energy and Matter

Andrew Solway

• Hardcover | Engels | 21st Century Science
• When Isaac Newton outlined his laws of motion in the 17th century he probably did not realize what a dramatic effect they would have on our understand... Lees meer

Genetics

Andrew Solway

• Hardcover | Engels | 21st Century Science
• It was less than 50 years ago that a fundamental discovery--the structure of DNA--made possible the modern scientific fields of genetics and molecular... Lees meer

Chemistry

Andrew Solway

• Hardcover | Engels | 21st Century Science
• The word chemical is loaded with negative meaning for many people in industrial societies, who worry about the impact of synthetic chemicals on their ... Lees meer

The Universe

Andrew Solway

• Hardcover | Engels | 21st Century Science
• The night sky, unimaginably deep, is a breathtaking sight. About 3,000 stars can be seen with the naked eye, twinkling points of light that have inspi... Lees meer

New Thinking about Pollution

• Hardcover | Engels | 21st Century Science
• As the world's resources continue to suffer from overuse and the effects of human activity, understanding the causes and effects of pollution is criti... Lees meer

Living Organisms

Rebecca Hunter

• Hardcover | Engels | 21st Century Science
• The animal kingdom today probably contains more than 10 million different species, the vast majority of which are still unidentified by scientists. Fo... Lees meer

New Thinking about Evolution

• Hardcover | Engels | 21st Century Science
• Remarkable as much for the insight into our earliest ancestors as the controversies it has engendered, the concept of evolution has garnered much atte... Lees meer

New Thinking about Genetics

• Hardcover | Engels | 21st Century Science
• Debates on nature versus nurture rage on and the question of identity looms large for almost everybody at some point in their lives. Thanks to continu... Lees meer