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CONTENTS（上册）Lesson OneText:The Fields and Uses of Physics 1

Supplementary Readings:Ⅰ．Laboratory Work in Physics 9

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

（2）Qube 15

Lesson TwoText:The Role of Chance in Scientific Discovery 19

Supplementary Readings:Ⅰ．Discovery by Accident 26

Ⅱ．Signals from Space 31

Lesson ThreeText:How to Avoid Foolish Opinions 36

Supplementary Readings:Ⅰ．An Observation and an Explanation 43

Ⅱ．Sources of Error in Scientific Research 47

Lesson FourText:Chance or Probability 50

Supplementary Readings:Ⅰ．Make Thinking Your Business 57

Ⅱ．The Future of Physics 61

Lesson FiveText:The Karburator 66

Supplementary Readings:Ⅰ．Splitting the Atom 76

Ⅱ．A Killer Is Born 80

Lesson SixText:Ⅰ．Preface to"Applied Optics and Optical Engineering"Volumes Ⅰ—Ⅴ 87

Ⅱ．Foreword to"Applied Optics and Optical Engineering"Volume Ⅸ 88

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

Ⅱ．Particles or Waves？ 98

Lesson SevenText:Science and Scientific Method 103

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 Ray 119

Supplementary Readings:Ⅰ．Marconi and the Invention of Radio 128

Ⅱ．Asimov on Gravitation 131

Lesson NineText:A Scientist Looks at Tomorr 136

Supplementary Readings:Ⅰ．Tool of the Future 146

Ⅱ．Fact Catches up with Fiction 152

Lesson TenText:Cooperation Between Europe and the United States in Space 159

Supplementary Readings:Ⅰ．Needed:Colonists for Space 169

Ⅱ．We'll Never Conquer Space 174

Lesson El evenText:Magic in Mathematics 180

Supplementary Readings:Ⅰ．Why Study Math？ 190

Ⅱ．Is Mathematics an Art？ 193

Lesson TwelveText:Protecting Spacecraft from Atomic Oxygen 201

Supplementary Readings:Ⅰ．Danger in Space 211

Ⅱ．Radiations:Safety and Security 215

Lesson ThirteenText:On Nuclear Energy 222

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

Ⅱ．Hiroshima—the"Liveliest"City in Japan 239

Lesson FourteenText:The Use of Oceanography 247

Supplementary Readings:Ⅰ．Graveyard of the Atlantic 259

Ⅱ．Cashing in on the Ocean—the New Manganese Klondike 264

Lesson FifteenText:Now You Don't See It 271

Supplementary Readings:Ⅰ．The Truth About Those"INVISIBLE"ADS 282

Ⅱ．The Age of Advertising 287

Lesson SixteenText:US Product Liability Law—Its Impact on Commercial Space Activities 294

Supplementary Readings:Ⅰ．The Satellite Space Station 304

Ⅱ．How Satellites Will Change Your Life 310

（下册）Lesson SeventeenText:Our Brain's Successor 319

Supplementary Readings:Ⅰ．Robotics:The Human Touch 325

Ⅱ．Is a Race of Robots Possible？ 328

Lesson EighteenText:Conditions for the Flourishing of Science 334

Supplementary Readings:Ⅰ．How Science Grows 344

Ⅱ．Scientific Knowledge and the Young Scientist 348

Lesson NineteenText:The City 354

Supplementary Readings:Ⅰ．The Art of the Skyscraper 362

Ⅱ．Last of the Seven Wonders 365

Lesson TwentyText:The Study of Man 373

Supplementary Readings:Ⅰ．Life on other Planets 380

Ⅱ．The Human Machine 385

Lesson Twenty-OneText:The Struggle for Wisdom 391

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

Ⅱ．Numbers on the Brain 404

Lesson Twenty-TwoText:The Miracle of Language 408

Supplementary Readings:Ⅰ．Your Speech Is Changing 415

Ⅱ．Needed:An International Language 420

Lesson Twenty-ThreeText:Einstein and Research 426

Supplementary Readings:Ⅰ．Albert Einstein and the Atomic Bomb 433

Ⅱ．A Key to the Universe 438

Lesson Twenty-FourText:Science vs．the Humanities 444

Supplementary Readings:Ⅰ．Machines with and without Freedom 453

Ⅱ．The Social Consequences of Engineering 460

Key to Exercises 465

Glossary 495