Previous ed.: 2004.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Chapter 1 A Science for All Seasons 1.1 Science and Technology: The Roots of Knowledge 1.2 The Baconian Dream and the Carsonian Nightmare 1.3 Science: Testable, Reproducible, Explanatory, Predictive, and Tentative 1.4 The Limitations of Science 1.5 Science and Technology: Risks and Benefits 1.6 Chemistry: Its Central Role 1.7 Solving Society's Problems: Scientific Research 1.8 Chemistry: A Study of Matter and Its Changes 1.9 Classification of Matter 1.10 The Measurement of Matter 1.11 Density 1.12 Energy: Heat and Temperature 1.13 Critical Thinking Chapter 2 Atoms: Are They for Real? 2.1 Atoms: The Greek Idea 2.2 Lavoisier: The Law of Conservation of Mass 2.3 Proust: The Law of Definite Proportions 2.4 John Dalton and the Atomic Theory of Matter 2.5 Out of Chaos: The Periodic Table 2.6 Atoms: Real and Relevant 2.7 Leucippus Revisited: Molecules Chapter 3 Atomic Structure: Images of the Invisible 3.1 Electricity and the Atom 3.2 Serendipity in Science: X-Rays and Radioactivity 3.3 Three Types of Radioactivity 3.4 Rutherford's Experiment: The Nuclear Model of the Atom 3.5 The Nucleus: A Parts List 3.6 Electron Arrangement: The Bohr Model 3.7 Electron Arrangement: The Quantum Model 3.8 Electron Configurations and the Periodic Table 3.9 Which Model to Choose? Chapter 4 Nuclear Chemistry: The Heart of the Matter 4.1 Natural Radioactivity 4.2 Nuclear Equations 4.3 Half-Life 4.4 Radioisotopic Dating 4.5 Artificial Transmutation 4.6 Uses of Radioisotopes 4.7 Nuclear Medicine 4.8 Penetrating Power of Radiation 4.9 Energy from the Nucleus 4.10 The Building of the Bomb 4.11 Radioactive Fallout 4.12 Nuclear Power Plants 4.13 Thermonuclear Reactions 4.14 The Nuclear Age Chapter 5 Chemical Bonds: The Ties That Bind 5.1 The Art of Deduction: Stable Electron Configurations 5.2 Lewis (Electron-Dot) Symbols 5.3 Sodium Reacts with Chlorine: Facts 5.4 Sodium Reacts with Chlorine: The Theory 5.5 Using Lewis Symbols: More Ionic Compound

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