Reading Materials 1
1. Ant as a Social Insect 1
2. In the Shadow of Etna 9
3. Something about Lasers 17
4. Making Leather 25
5. Is the Sun in Motion? 33
6. How we Locate Objects 40
7. The Life Style of a Rock Star 47
8. Sea Water and Pollution 58
9. Three Generatiom of Machine Tool Controls 63
10. Don t Push Your Kids Too Hard 71
11. Something about Mars 78
12. Flying Backwards and Forwards 85
13. The Devalopment of Civilization 92
14. Patterns of Motion in Our Galaxy 101
15. Those Who Ride on Two Wheels 109
16. China to Compete with West for Space Commerce 117
17. Adventure 127
18. Holography 135
19. Depression 145
20. Sailing on Boats of Sticks and Straw 154
21. The Growth of Physics 163
22. Bathing 171
23. Electric Circuits 183
24. Hearing and Your Ears 192
25. Benefits from Space Reserch 200
26. Agaimt the Storm 208
27. A Model for Electric Charge 216
28. Man Learned to Wear Clothes 224
29. Consumer Decision-Making 233
30. Sources of Light 243
31. Our Work Would Make My Mother Happy 251
32. Nuclear War 261
33. Is Your Water Safe? 269
34. Does Dieting Make You Fat? 278
35. Appropriate Technology 289
36. Towards the Unmanned Factory 303
37. Experts and Non-experts 314
38. Euro Closures-More Chance for Japan 323
39. I Led the Attock on Pearl Harbor 335
6. The Healing Power of Belief 339
40. I Led the Attack on Pearl Herbor (continued) 347
1. Computers of Merit 359
Supplementary Materials 359
2. The Differences between Electricity and Gravity 362
3. Going Home to Italy 367
4. Europe Looks at Heart Disease 370
5. Man and Machine 375
7. A Visit to Swiss Underground Caverns 384
8. Hide and Seek Is Child s Play 388
9. How to Know Animal Sufferings 404
10. STS in Further Education 409
Appendix 417
Key to the Exercises 417