01652cam a2200253 4500 1261961554 TxAuBib 900604s1991||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 90003786 9780385247962 0385247966 (OCoLC)8262 DLC eng DLC AGL BTCTA YDXCP BAKER XY4 OCLCQ AZFX8 OCLCO OCLCF TxAuBib Hazen, Robert M., 1948- Science matters : achieving scientific literacy / Robert M. Hazen and James Trefil. 1st ed. New York : Doubleday, 1991. xix, 294 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. [279]-282) and index. Scientific literacy: What it is, why it's important, and why we don't have it -- Knowing: Universe is regular and predictable -- Energy: Energy is conserved and always goes from more useful to less useful forms -- Electricity and magnetism: Electricity and magnetism are two aspects of the same force -- Atom: All matter is made of atoms -- World of the quantum: Everything comes in discrete units and you can't measure anything without changing it -- Chemical bonding: Atoms are bound by electron glue -- Atomic architecture: Way a material behaves depends on how its atoms are arrange -- Nuclear physics: Nuclear energy comes from the conversion of mass -- Particle physics: all matter is really made of quarks and leptons. Uses everyday examples to explain basic scientific principles. Science Popular works. Trefil, James, 1938-