Publisher's Synopsis
Book Excerpt: of compressed air in which we live: Air pressure 104. Sinking and floating: Displacement 235. How things are kept from toppling over: Stability 292. MOLECULAR ATTRACTION 366. How liquids are absorbed: Capillary attraction 367. How things stick to one another: Adhesion 418. The force that makes a thing hold together: Cohesion 449. Friction 493. CONSERVATION OF ENERGY 5710. Levers 5711. Inertia 6612. Centrifugal force 7213. Action and reaction 7714. Elasticity 824. HEAT 8815. Heat makes things expand 8816. Cooling from expansion 9417. Freezing and melting 9618. Evaporation 10019. Boiling and condensing 10720. Conduction of heat and convection 1165. RADIANT HEAT AND LIGHT 12221. How heat gets here from the sun; why things glow when they become very hot 12222. Reflection 12923. The bending of light: Refraction 13624.Read More
