Authors: Robert M. Hazen
Law of Unintended Consequences
leptons
LGMs (little green men)
life
beginning of
cells
chemistry of
evolution of,
see
Evolution
genetic code of
interconnectedness of
molecules of
one-celled
organization of
primordial soup of
light:
bending light rays
black
and color
and Doppler shift
energy of
and matter
nature of
speed of
visible
white
light clocks
light waves
limestone
Linnaeus, Carl
lipids
liquids
literacy:
scientific
technological
little ice age
local Group
local Supercluster
lodestones
logic gates
Loma Prieta earthquake
Los Angeles, earthquakes
Maglev (magnetic levitation) trains
magma
magnetic bottles
magnetic fields
magnetic poles
magnetic properties of matter
magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
magnetism
and electricity
electromagnets
of iron
rock
Magnetron
mantle
marble
Margee’s Pennsylvania applesauce bread
Marianas Trench
Mars
no mountain chains on
perihelion shift of
mass:
conversion of
and energy
in Newton’s second law
materials research
matter:
changes of phase
fundamental structure of
magnetic properties of
mechanical properties of
optical properties of
physical properties of
states of
Maxwell, James Clerk
Maxwell’s equations:
and electricity
and relativity
measurement
mechanical properties of matter
mechanics
medievel warm period
M 81 spiral galaxy
meiosis
Mendel, Gregor
Mendeleyev, Dmitri
Mercury
mesosphere
mesozoic era
metal atoms
metal deposits
metallic bond
metallogeny
metamorphic rocks
meteorites
meteorology
microchips
microelectronics
microscopes
microwave radiation
microwaves
Milky Way galaxy
Miller, Stanley
Miller-Urey experiment
mineral physics
mining
mitochondria
mitosis
modules
molecular clocks
molecular evolution
molecular genetics
molecules:
of DNA
energy coin
inorganic
in living systems
molybdenum
moon
formation of
orbit of
moon rocks, dating
moth, peppered
motion:
Brownian
and general relativity
Newton’s laws of
planetary, Kepler’s laws of
study of
uniform
motors and generators
Mount Palomar telescope
Mount Rushmore, South Dakota
Mount St. Helens
Mount Wilson telescope
MRI (magnetic resonance imaging)
mRNA
mu leptons
mu meson particles
mutations
National Institutes of Health
National Science Foundation
natural selection
nature:
and evolution
observers of
patterns in
regularity of
Neanderthal man
nebulae
Neptune
neurobiology
neutrinos
neutron core
neutrons
neutron stars
Newton, Isaac:
classical mechanics
laws of motion
law of universal gravitation
and measurement
and relativity
and scientific method
Nicholas of Cusa
nickel
night vision
nitrogen
nitrogen oxides
North American plate
North pole
nuclear energy
nuclear fission
nuclear fusion
nuclear physics
nuclear reactors
nuclear weapons
nucleic acids
nucleotides
nucleus:
of an atom
of a cell
positively charged
use of term
nutrients
observers
oceanography
oceans
carbon dioxide in
and evolution
mixed layer of
rock magnetism on floor of
and tides
and water cycle
Oersted, Hans
oil
Oort, Jan
Oort cloud
optical properties of matter
organelles
organic chemistry
organisms, reproduction of
organ systems
ova
oxidation
oxygen
ozone, production of
ozone depletion
paleontology
paleozoic era
pangaea
particles:
alpha
beta
elementary
exchange of
gauge
kinds of
wave-particle duality
peas, Mendel’s research on
periodic table of chemical elements
perpetual motion machines
perspiration
phase transitions
phosphate group
phosphorus
photocopies
photons
photosynthesis
photovoltaic cell
physical properties of matter
physics
pitch
Planck time
planetary motion, Kepler’s laws of
planets:
and celestial gravity
formation of
Jovian
orbits of
perihelions of
search for
terrestrial
plankton
plasma
plastics
plates:
convergent boundaries of
discovery of
divergent boundaries of
fault zones of
neutral boundaries of
subduction zones
plate tectonics
as continental drift
evidence of
importance to science
Pluto
plutoid
plywood
poles, magnetic
pollens
pollution
polymerization
polymers
potassium-argon dating
potential energy
power, in thermodynamics
pressure cookers
primordial soup
Private Universe, A
(film)
probability
prokaryotes
protein crystallography
proteins
Proterozoic eon
protons
pulsars
punctuated equilibrium
pyrite
quanta, behavior of
quantum, use of term
quantum black holes
quantum computing
quantum entanglement
quantum gravity
quantum leap
quantum mechanics
atoms in
uncertainty principle
visualization of
wave function
quantum teleportation
quantum weirdness
quantum wires
quarks
quartz
quasars
radar
radiation
electromagnetic
infrared
measuring doses of
ultraviolet
radiation equivalent in man (rem)
radioactive decay
radioactive tracers
radioactivity
radiometric dating
radio waves
and extragalactic astronomy
and relativity
radon
rainbow
rain forests, destruction of
rainwater
redshift
reduction
reflection of light
refraction of light
regenerative medicine
relativity
and black holes
and E = mc
2
in frames of reference
general
philosophical remarks about
principle of
special
testing of
theory of
time dilation
rem (radiation equivalent in man)
reproduction:
asexual
sexual
technologies
respiration
retroviruses
ribose
riboswitches
rice
Richter, Charles F.
Richter scale
rivers and streams, flowing
RNA (ribonucleic acid)
messenger (mRNA)
transfer (tRNA)
rock cycle
rocks
igneous
intrusive
magnetism of
metamorphic
sedimentary
roller coasters
rubber balls
Rubin, Vera
rust
salt
San Andreas fault
sand
sandstone
San Francisco, earthquakes
Saturn
scattering, of light
schist
science:
experimental
fun of
great ideas approach to
invention of
role of
science education
scientific literacy:
and education
what it is
what to do about
why it is important
scientific method
scientific research, funding for
scientists
seasons
seat belts
sedimentary rocks
seismic waves
seismology
semiconductors
SETI (search for extraterrestrial intelligence)
sex
shale
shapes:
of enzymes
of molecules
Siberia-Alaska land bridge
sievert (Sv)
silicon
SLAC (Stanford linear accelator center)
slate
smog
solar energy
solar system
solar wind
solids
somatic stem cells
sonar
sound:
and Doppler effect
as kinetic energy
South American continent
species
average lifetime of
new, development of
variations in
speed of light
sperm
spindles
standard model
starch
stars:
birth of
cosmic rays from
death of
double systems
in galaxies
life cycles of
lifetimes of
and plasma
stellar black holes
supernovae
static electricity
stem cells
Stonehenge
Stone Mountain, Georgia
strange and charm quarks
stratosphere
strength
strings
string theory
strong force
strontium-90
STRs (short tandem repeats)
subatomic particles
subduction zones
subnuclear particles
sucrose
sugars
sulfur
sulfur compounds
Sumatra, Indonesia, tsunami in
Sumatra-Andaman earthquake
sun:
and bending of light rays
and climate change
formation of
and Milky Way galaxy
and photosynthesis
solar energy of
ultraviolet radiation of
superclusters
superconductivity
superconductors
supernovae
supersymmetry
surrogate mothers
survival of the fittest
systems
chaotic
disorder in
living
tau leptons
tau meson particles
taxonomy
T cells
telescopes
temperature:
and energy
global warming
and weather
terrestrial gravity
terrestrial planets
theory of everything
thermodynamics:
first law of
heat in
second law of
work, energy, and power in
Three Mile Island
thunderstorms
thymine
time, and relativity
topography
trade winds
transistors
transmission of light
trilobites
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
wave-particle duality
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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