Dr. Art's Guide to Science: Connecting Atoms, Galaxies, and Everything in Between.DR. ART'S GUIDE TO SCIENCE: Connecting Atoms, Galaxies, and Everything in Between ART SUSSMAN In this colorfully illustrated and irreverent ir·rev·er·ent adj. 1. Lacking or exhibiting a lack of reverence; disrespectful. 2. Critical of what is generally accepted or respected; satirical: irreverent humor. book, Sussman, a science educator, introduces the young reader to the major concepts in science and how they connect everything from stars to atoms to ourselves. For instance, Sussman explains mow heat energy from the sun is converted into the moving energy of the wind, how it evaporates water to power the water cycle, and how it's trapped on Earth by the greenhouse effect greenhouse effect: see global warming. greenhouse effect Warming of the Earth's surface and lower atmosphere caused by water vapour, carbon dioxide, and other trace gases in the atmosphere. Visible light from the Sun heats the Earth's surface. . He also examines the universe from the moment of the Big Bang big bang Model of the origin of the universe, which holds that it emerged from a state of extremely high temperature and density in an explosive expansion 10 billion–15 billion years ago. to the beginning of life on Earth to the abundance Abundance See also Fertility. Amalthea’s horn horn of Zeus’s nurse-goat which became a cornucopia. [Gk. Myth.: Walsh Classical, 19] cornucopia conical receptacle which symbolizes abundance. [Rom. Myth. of people and other organisms Organisms See also animals; bacteria; biology; plants; zoology. anabolism Biology, Physiology. the synthesis in living organisms of more complex substances from simpler ones. Cf. catabolism. — anabolic, adj. today. A page at the end of each chapter encourages the reader to stop and think about the concepts introduced, further illustrating how scientists ask questions and attempt to understand complex subjects. A helpful and clever "glindex" defines terms used in each chapter, For children age 12 and older. Wiley, 2006, 256 p., color illus., hardcover, $22.95. |
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