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| The Sciences: An Integrated Approach
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Edition: 5
Author: James Trefil
Publisher: Wiley
Release Date: 2007-12-10
ISBN-10: 0470176970
ISBN-13: 9780470176979
List Price: $107.95
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"The Sciences, 5th Edition" integrates major concepts from physics, chemistry, astronomy, earth sciences, and biology to help anyone become science-literate. Even readers with little or no science background will find this unique book an indispensable guide to understanding the latest headlines, controversies, and scientific developments. The new edition keeps pace with the dynamic nature of the sciences by incorporating the most up-to-date discoveries in all five disciplines.
BUY THIS VERSION INSTEAD OF 5TH EDITION
| Customer Rating: | | the two are almost identical except that the 5th edition has a fancier cover. the chapters and information in the chapters are the same, save yourself about 60 dollars and buy this version! quit getting jipped by these book makers! |
The Sciences: An Integrated Approach
| Customer Rating: | | This book contains numerous information. It contains almost everything a college student needs for the basic sciences. |
Becoming Scientifically Literate in Today's World
| Customer Rating: | I am reading the book in conjunction with The Teaching Company's "The Joy of Science," which is presented by the Professor Hazen. The purpose of both is give you a background in the sciences-Physics, Chemistry, Earth Sciences and Biology-to make you scientifically literate for today's technical world. This sounds impossible because of the scope of the task. However through clear writing, examples found in the everyday world and excllent illustrations they achieve their goal.
The book is geared for a nontechnical person. It is not designed to prepare someone to be a scientist or engineer. Thus the authors keep the mathematics to a minimum. The book is very readable. As a result of the book I now understand the basics of relativity and genetics. Both are areas I had trouble before. |
Textbook review
| Customer Rating: | | Got here kind of slow but the sender apologized in advance. Could be in better shape but you cant expect perfection now can you? |
Good intentions with conceptual problems
| Customer Rating: | | The book covers a lot of subjects with the intention of providing a basic aproach to science. There are some lack of precise characterization of important concepts. For instance, it confuses heat with internal energy ( not heat as energy in transit). Also it does not defines mass adequatetly as a measure of inertia, which may cause confusion when one studies relativity. These were problems detected at first sight. I suggest to by, through Amazon, "Integrated Science", by Tillery, Enger and Roos, from Mc Graw Hill, to get a general view of fundamental science with a more clear, and rigorous definition of terms. |
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