tRNA
troposphere
tsunamis
twins, and clones
ultraviolet radiation
ultraviolet waves
uncertainty principle
unified field theories
universe:
big bang theory
birth of
dark energy in
dark matter in
expansion of
first ten-billionth of a second
freezings of
like clockwork
predictability of
structure of
up and down quarks
uracil
uranium, radioactivity of
uranium-235
uranium-238
uranus
Urey, Harold
van der Waals, Johannes
van der Waals force
Venus
Vermont, marble in
vesicles
viruses
visible light
VLA (Very Large Array)
VNTR (variable number tandem repeat)
voids
volcanism
volcanoes
volt, voltage
Volta, Alessandro
W and Z particles
water
bound
evaporation of
freezing
fresh
oceans
surface
water cycle
wave function
wavelength:
range of
use of term
waves:
characteristics of
electromagnetic
energy
infrared
light
radio
seismic
speed of
weak force
weather
and air quality
and convection
weather cycle
weathering
weather reports
wegener, Alfred
white dwarves
Wilmut, Ian
wind energy
wind speed and direction
wireless communication
Woese, Carl
work, in thermodynamics
xerography
X-rays
yeast
Z and W particles
Zeilinger, Anton
zeitgeist
zero, absolute
zygotes
SECOND ANCHOR BOOKS EDITION, JUNE 2009
Copyright © 1991, 2009 by Robert M. Hazen and James Trefil Illustrations copyright © 1990 by Neil Hardy
All rights reserved. Published in the United States by Anchor Books, a division of Random House, Inc., New York, and in Canada by Random House of Canada Limited, Toronto. Originally published in hardcover in the United States by Doubleday in 1991, and subsequently published in paperback in slightly different form by Anchor Books, a division of Random House, Inc., New York, 1992.
Anchor Books and colophon are registered trademarks of Random House, Inc.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Hazen, Robert M., 1948–
Science matters : achieving scientific literacy / Robert M. Hazen
and James Trefil.—2nd Anchor books ed.
p. cm.
eISBN: 978-0-307-45664-9
1. Science—Popular works. I. Trefil, James S., 1938– II. Title.
Q162.H36 2009
500—dc22 2009004660
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