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Informationen zum Autor Belal E. Baaquie, Frederick H. Willeboordse Klappentext This text applies an intuitive question-based approach that connects a breadth of topics in physics applying both cosmic and nano-sized perspectives. It tackles such contemporary topics as the structure of both the universe and the atom and the mathematical laws that apply to them. Zusammenfassung Why is rubber elastic? Why are leaves green? Answering these and other puzzles of nature, this title shows how the simplest questions can lead us through a chain of reasoning that explains some of the principles of science. Inhaltsverzeichnis Our Universe: Where Are We?Numbers in Our World: How Do We Reach Infinity and Beyond?Energy: Why Can Sunlight Power the World?Atoms: Why Are the Elements So Different from Each Other?Combining Atoms: How Do Atoms Bond?Fluids: How Does Water Flow?Materials: Why Is Steel Strong and Glass Fragile?Polymers: Why Is Rubber Elastic?Sparks in Nature: What Is Electricity?Odor: Why Can We Smell Perfume?Sound: Why Can We Hear Music?Nature's Solar Cells: Why Are Leaves Green?Vision: Why Can We See Sunlight?Biopolymers: Why Does Life Use Polymers?Proteins: Who Does All the Work?RNA: Jack of All Trades! Master of None?DNA: What Determines the Structure of DNA?Information: Does DNA Compute?Nanoworld: Why Can a Gecko Climb a Wall?Complexity: Why Do We Need Only a Small Number of Genes?Evolution: Why Are There Many Species?Relativity: Why Does E = mc2?Quantum Mechanics I: Why Are There Black Lines in the Spectrum of the Sun?Quantum Mechanics II: Is Nature Counterintuitive?Complex Numbers Laws Equations Units Prefixes Constants Sizes Credits Periodic Table Electromagnetic Spectrum Index
