Understand Science

by Jon Evans

A science primer covering practical and theoretical applications, full of exercises to consolidate learning  Broken down into short, easy-to-digest sections this book covers everything from evolution and cell biology to star formation and plate tectonics. Science is a vast subject and its understanding of the way the world works is growing all the time. No book could hope to include everything that science has discovered, but this book includes all of the essential facts the key areas. With sections on what technology may allow people to do in the future, and even looking at when science has gone bad, this book will change the way readers see the world around them.

230 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 2011

About the author

Jon Evans is a science writer and editor. He has written articles on wide range of scientific topics, from asteroid mining to flexible electronics to gene editing, for publications such as New Scientist, Chemistry World and Materials Today.

Reviews

[Mansour S منصور السدحان · Rating 2 out of 5]

two stars because I stumbled across "more complex species have more chromosomes" which is plain wrong. so how should I guarantee that other chapters don't have wrong information, chapters on subjects I'm not familiar with. If a fictional novel should be revised at least once, a scientific book (popular and academic alike) should be revised at least five times.