What is the Point of Science

What’s the point of science?

WHAT’S THE POINT OF BIOLOGY?

• Why do we need biology?
• Can you see the past?
• How to stop a virus
• Why do I look like me?
• How to save millions of lives
• How to keep food fresh
• How to survive
• Brilliant biologists

WHAT’S THE POINT OF PHYSICS?

• Why do we need physics?
• What powers the world?
• How to have X-ray vision
• How to spot a submarine
• Fantastic physicists

WHAT’S THE POINT OF CHEMISTRY?

• Why do we need chemistry?
• How to stop the pain
• Can you make gold?

72 How to predict the future

76 How to light up the sky

80 What’s up with plastic?

84 Curious chemists

88 W HAT’S THE POINT

OF EARTH SCIENCE?

90 Why do we need Earth science?

92 Will it rain tomorrow?

96 How to know where you are

100 How to stop a bomb

106 Excellent Earth scientists

108 WHAT’S THE POINT

OF SPACE SCIENCE?

110 Why do we need space science?

112 How to defy gravity

116 How did it all begin?

120 Super space scientists

124 Science stars

126 Glossary