The authors state that the aim of this book is to provide the fundamental background knowledge that we need to cope with the complex scientific and technological world of today. The aim of this book is to provide the information you need to become scientifically literate. The book achieves this ai...
This is one of the best Great Courses I've listened to. Most of the time a Great Course listens like it's a series of disjointed half hour lectures only loosely tied together with a common subject but without an overriding narrative. This lecture does not, it listens as if it's a well written book...
It takes a mineral expert to understand the development of earth. I'm not a mineral expert and I don't play one on TV, but after listening to this book I feel like I'm a geologist in training.I didn't think it was possible. The author makes minerals and its science interesting. He has an over archin...
"Detailed survey science book"This probably shouldn't be your introductory survey science book ("The History of Nearly Everything" would be a better intro). If you had read other science books recently and want to know more of the fundamentals, this would be a good intro to give you a good foundatio...
I read this book for my Conceptual Science class and thoroughly enjoyed it. It's one of few textbooks I had a lot of fun while reading (generally, I avoid reading textbooks). The book integrates branches of science, from physics, chemistry, biology, astronomy, to earth sciences. So if you're interes...
Picked this book up while visiting the McDonald Observatory in far West Texas. Very very good overview of many aspects of science. As one interested in science myself, the daughter of a scientist and medical man fascinated with all facets of science, I agree with the premise of the authors. It is...
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