SCIENCE THE DEFINITIVE GUIDE (H/C)

SCIENCE IS A VISUALLY STUNNING INTRODUCTION TO ALL THE MAJOR SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINES, COVERING CHEMISTRY, PHYSICS, GEOLOGY, BIOLOGY AND COSMOLOGY. EACH SECTION BEGINS WITH A LIVELY INTRODUCTION TO THE SCIENTIFIC BRANCH UNDER INVESTIGATION, BEFORE MOVING ON TO A MORE IN-DEPTH EXPLORATION OF ITS CONSTITUENT COMPONENTS AND THEMES. THE END RESULT IS A MAGNIFICENT INTRODUCTION TO ALL THAT IS CURRENTLY UNDERSTOOD ABOUT THE NATURAL WORLD. PIERS BIZONY BEGINS WITH PHYSICS AND THE BASIC BUILDING BLOCKS OF MATTER, OFFERING A LUCID AND USEFULLY ILLUSTRATED ACCOUNT OF THE EXTRAORDINARY AND OFTEN BAFFLING WORLD OF ATOMIC AND SUBATOMIC PARTICLES. THERE FOLLOWS A DISCUSSION OF CHEMISTRY AND THE MAIN PHASES OF MATTER SUCH AS SOLIDS, LIQUIDS, GASES, COMPOUNDS, AND THE ELEMENTS, ALL ILLUSTRATED IN A LARGE-FORMAT PERIODIC TABLE. THIS LEADS TO GEOLOGY AND THE EVER SHIFTING WORLD BENEATH OUR FEET, INCLUDING VOLCANOES, FAULT LINES, PLATE TECTONICS AND ROCK STRATA. HAVING ESTABLISHED A CLEAR OUTLINE OF THE M