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CONTENTS（上册）Lesson OneText:The Fields and Uses of Physics1

Supplementary Readings:Ⅰ．Laboratory Work in Physics9

Ⅱ．（1）"Ever Tried Talking to a Computer？"13

（2）Qube15

Lesson TwoText:The Role of Chance in Scientific Discovery19

Supplementary Readings:Ⅰ．Discovery by Accident26

Ⅱ．Signals from Space31

Lesson ThreeText:How to Avoid Foolish Opinions36

Supplementary Readings:Ⅰ．An Observation and an Explanation43

Ⅱ．Sources of Error in Scientific Research47

Lesson FourText:Chance or Probability50

Supplementary Readings:Ⅰ．Make Thinking Your Business57

Ⅱ．The Future of Physics61

Lesson FiveText:The Karburator66

Supplementary Readings:Ⅰ．Splitting the Atom76

Ⅱ．A Killer Is Born80

Lesson SixText:Ⅰ．Preface to"Applied Optics and Optical Engineering"Volumes Ⅰ—Ⅴ87

Ⅱ．Foreword to"Applied Optics and Optical Engineering"Volume Ⅸ88

Supplementary Readings:Ⅰ．Preface to"Practical Applications of Infrared Techniques"94

Ⅱ．Particles or Waves？98

Lesson SevenText:Science and Scientific Method103

Supplementary Readings:Ⅰ．Science and Technology in a World Transformed（1）110

Ⅱ．Science and Technology in a World Transformed（2）114

Lesson EightText:Roentgen and the X Ray119

Supplementary Readings:Ⅰ．Marconi and the Invention of Radio128

Ⅱ．Asimov on Gravitation131

Lesson NineText:A Scientist Looks at Tomorr136

Supplementary Readings:Ⅰ．Tool of the Future146

Ⅱ．Fact Catches up with Fiction152

Lesson TenText:Cooperation Between Europe and the United States in Space159

Supplementary Readings:Ⅰ．Needed:Colonists for Space169

Ⅱ．We'll Never Conquer Space174

Lesson El evenText:Magic in Mathematics180

Supplementary Readings:Ⅰ．Why Study Math？190

Ⅱ．Is Mathematics an Art？193

Lesson TwelveText:Protecting Spacecraft from Atomic Oxygen201

Supplementary Readings:Ⅰ．Danger in Space211

Ⅱ．Radiations:Safety and Security215

Lesson ThirteenText:On Nuclear Energy222

Supplementary Readings:Ⅰ．Come Aboard an Atomic Sub！233

Ⅱ．Hiroshima—the"Liveliest"City in Japan239

Lesson FourteenText:The Use of Oceanography247

Supplementary Readings:Ⅰ．Graveyard of the Atlantic259

Ⅱ．Cashing in on the Ocean—the New Manganese Klondike264

Lesson FifteenText:Now You Don't See It271

Supplementary Readings:Ⅰ．The Truth About Those"INVISIBLE"ADS282

Ⅱ．The Age of Advertising287

Lesson SixteenText:US Product Liability Law—Its Impact on Commercial Space Activities294

Supplementary Readings:Ⅰ．The Satellite Space Station304

Ⅱ．How Satellites Will Change Your Life310

（下册）Lesson SeventeenText:Our Brain's Successor319

Supplementary Readings:Ⅰ．Robotics:The Human Touch325

Ⅱ．Is a Race of Robots Possible？328

Lesson EighteenText:Conditions for the Flourishing of Science334

Supplementary Readings:Ⅰ．How Science Grows344

Ⅱ．Scientific Knowledge and the Young Scientist348

Lesson NineteenText:The City354

Supplementary Readings:Ⅰ．The Art of the Skyscraper362

Ⅱ．Last of the Seven Wonders365

Lesson TwentyText:The Study of Man373

Supplementary Readings:Ⅰ．Life on other Planets380

Ⅱ．The Human Machine385

Lesson Twenty-OneText:The Struggle for Wisdom391

Supplementary Readings:Ⅰ．What Happens to Child Prodigies？399

Ⅱ．Numbers on the Brain404

Lesson Twenty-TwoText:The Miracle of Language408

Supplementary Readings:Ⅰ．Your Speech Is Changing415

Ⅱ．Needed:An International Language420

Lesson Twenty-ThreeText:Einstein and Research426

Supplementary Readings:Ⅰ．Albert Einstein and the Atomic Bomb433

Ⅱ．A Key to the Universe438

Lesson Twenty-FourText:Science vs．the Humanities444

Supplementary Readings:Ⅰ．Machines with and without Freedom453

Ⅱ．The Social Consequences of Engineering460

Key to Exercises465

Glossary495