Books published by publisher W.H. Freeman

Based on the phenomenally popular book, this interactive adventure integrates graphics, movies and animated with the complete text of the book to bring Professor Hawking's ideas thrillingly to life. With this CD-ROM, you will enter a rich graphical universe where interactive icons and artifacts lead to adventures that animate each topic in the book. You'll journey to the edge of a black hole, join galileo for the discovery of the laws of acceleration, roam the subatomic landscape of qyarkland, and participate in the ultimate conservation about the beginning, direction and end of time ... and much, much more! System requirements: this is a hybrid disk compatible with both Macintosh and Windows (MPC) platforms. Macintosh: LC II or faster including Performa, Quadra, and PowerMac series; 256-color monitor, at least...

Science in a Technical World is a interdisciplinary unit (small book)-based curriculum for high school (grades 9 through 12), developed by the Education Division of the American Chemical Society, with support from the National Science Foundation. The units can be used as the primary material for a tech prep course, or as a supplement to a standard basal chemistry, biology, earth science, or physics textbook. The program is also appropriate for two-year vocational/technical schools. THE PROGRAMScience in a Technical World takes a "hands-on, minds-on" approach, with students investigating an industry-based problems faced by science technicians in a typical work day. Each unit involves students in the solution of a science technology-related problem that might actually occur. Forensic Science looks at the question: How can forensic tests on physical evidence help to solve a crime?