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[Enhanced Credo edition] |
| Description |
1 online resource (34 entries) : 16 images ; digital files. |
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text rdacontent |
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still image rdacontent |
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electronic isbdmedia |
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online resource rdacarrier |
| Series |
Teach yourself |
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Teach yourself.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Part one. How we got here. 1. Bang we're off ; 2. We are all stardust ; 3. Recipe for a solar system ; 4. Life begins ; 5. Evolution and extinction -- Part two. Way of all flesh. 6. Life in sequence ; 7. From the bottom up ; 8. Getting it on ; 9. Man the defences ; 10. Attack of the nerves -- Part three. Earth, wind and fire. 11. The ground beneath our feet ; 12. Shake, rattle and roll ; 13. Earth rocks ; 14. Wet and windy ; 15. Stormy weather -- Part four. We have the technology. 16. Full of energy ; 17. Coming in waves ; 18. Information overload ; 19. Material advance ; 20. It's alive -- Part five. When science goes bad. 21. Fraud, fakery and fantasy ; 22. Shocks and scares ; 23. Hot enough for you? ; 24. Apocalypse now ; 25. Know your limits -- Part six. Science of the future. 26. Back to the future ; 27. A.I. ; 28. Innerspace ; 29. A space odyssey ; 30. Things to come. |
| Access |
Access restricted to authorized users and institutions. |
| Summary |
Covering everything from the Big Bang to global warming, The Big Ideas in Science is an accessible and easy-to-use introduction to the scientific world, what it has achieved over the past few hundred years and what it promises for the future. |
| Form |
Also available in print version. |
| System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Note |
Description based on title page of print version. |
| Subject |
Science.
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Space sciences.
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Biology.
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Evolution.
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Technology.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Credo Reference (Firm), distributor.
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| Added Title |
Teach yourself the big ideas in science |
| Other Form: |
Print version: 1529397952 9781529397956 |
| ISBN |
9781803162171 electronic version |
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1529397952 print |
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9781529397956 print |
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