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Presents information on these most damaging of all natural disasters from the perspective of basic meteorology and environmental science, including floodplains, aquifers, tsunamis, the cost of floods, and prevention.
Explains what causes rain as well as drought, why the Earth and its life forms need rain and water, and how people cope with droughts; discusses some of history's more severe droughts.
Examines the role of science in the Industrial Revolution, its establishment as a popular discipline, and discoveries in the areas of atoms and the elements, chemistry, evolution, and energy.
Examines the development, structure, and function of the cell, with emphasis on cell division and cell-to-cell communication essential to the development of multicelled creatures.
Describes the oil tanker Exxon Valdez, the events that led up to its disastrous oil spill in 1989, and the effects of the spill on the Alaskan environment.
Examines stem cells from the scientific and social viewpoints, including what they are, their laboratory study, their use in medicine, the ethical issues involved, and the legal issues in American and Europe.
Describes the processes by which chemists design and develop drugs, discussing how drugs work in the body, the use of natural products in drugs, recombinant DNA as a new source of drugs, designer drugs, and rational drug design.
Describes the processes by which chemists design and develop new materials, discussing biomaterials, composites in nature and human history, the evolution of materials, nanotechnology, powder and chemical tests, and more.
Explores information that has been learned through the research of astrochemists and space exploration, discussing chemical composition of planets, the formation of heavy elements, star classification, and other related topics.
Discusses current research and advances in the field of environmental chemistry, including atmospheric chemistry, the chemistry of water pollution, and green chemistry.
Introduces the fundamental principles of electricity and magnetism and explores their widespread applications, from powering modern technology to driving much of the human body.
Presents a physics perspective on the concept of light and optics, exploring the science of electromagnetic radiation and its applications in lasers, medicine, communications, and other areas.
Examines how time and thermodynamics effect one's life, discussing seasons of the year, body temperature, refrigerators, car engines, clocks, and other related topics.
