Includes index.

Contents: What is science? -- Motion -- Energy -- Heat and temperature -- Wave motions and sound -- Electricity -- Light -- Atoms and periodic properties -- Chemical reactions -- Water and solutions -- Nuclear reactions -- The Universe -- The Solar system -- Earth in space -- Earth -- Earth's surface -- Earth's weather -- Earth's waters -- Organic and biochemistry -- The Nature of living things -- The Origin and evolution of life -- The History of life on earth -- Ecology and environment -- Human biology: materials exchange and control mechanisms -- Human biology: sex and sexuality -- Mendelian and molecular genetics -- Appendix A: Mathematical review -- Appendix B: Solubilities chart -- Appendix C: Relative humidity table -- Appendix D: Solutions for group a parallel exercises -- Appendix E: Problem solving.