Publisher's Synopsis
Science in 100 Words presents short, simple and sparkling explanations of 100 important scientific concepts that are crucial to the understanding of science in the 21st century. Each concept is first described in exactly 100 words and then explained in detail in about 500 words. It is an essential book for everyone - students to decision-makers - interested in understanding basic science behind important issues, including bioethics, cloning, genetically modified organisms, greenhouse effect and stem cells, which are challenging our planet and society. Acid/Base * Antimatter * Atmosphere * Atom * Bacteria * Big Bang * Biodiversity * Bioethics * Biological Clock * Biosphere * Black Hole * Carbon * Cell * Chaos * Chemical Bond * Chemical Reaction * Climate * Cloning * DNA * Earth * Ecosystem * Electricity * Electron * Electromagnetic Radiation * Element * Elementary Particle * Energy * Entropy * Environment * Enzyme * Equilibrium * Error * Evolution * Force * Fossil * Galaxy * Gene * Genetically Modified Organism * Gravity * Greenhouse Effect * Heat * Hydrocarbon * Immune System * Infinity * Intelligence * Internet * Life * Light * Magnetism * Matter * Mass * Measurement * Metabolism * Mind * Mole * Molecule * Motion * Mutation * Nebula * Neuron * Organism * Osmosis * Periodic Table * pH * Photosynthesis * Planet * Plate Tectonics * Pollution * Pressure * Probability * Protein * Pulsar * Quantum * Quark *Radioactivity * Relativity * Reproduction * Respiration * Science * Scientific Method * Scientific Notation * Sleep * Solar System * Solution * Sound * Space * Species * Star * Stem Cell * Symbiosis * Systems * Technology * Temperature * Theory * Time * Universe * Vacuum * Virus * Water * Wave
