I Used to Know That: General Science

Description

Cover; Title page; Dedication & Copyright page; Contents; Foreword by Caroline Taggart; Introduction; PHYSICS; Energy and electricity; Using electricity; Heat transfer and efficiency; Generating electricity; Forces; Laws of physics; The origins of the universe; Planets, stars and galaxies; The four fundamental forces; Waves, radiation and space; Radioactive substances; The electromagnetic spectrum; Waves; CHEMISTRY; The periodic table; Collision theory and rates of reaction; Chemical reactions; Chemical bonds; Atomic structure; How the table works; Fuels, air, pollution.;"I Used To Know That: General Science" is an easy and accessible trip down memory lane, helping you remember all those useful things from school which you have now forgotten. Take a look at all the sciences: biology, for example the human body, cell biology and genetics; chemistry, including the periodic table, fuels and pollution, metals and alloys; and physics, such as the laws of energy and electricity, forces and the universe, waves, radiation and space.