CONTENTSINIRODUCIIONUNIT 1 TEXT A What Science Is forTEXT B The Public's View of Science 1
UNIT 2 TEXT A Welcome to the Worldwide Old Folk's HomeTEXT B Problems Either Way 42
UNIT 3 TEXT A Inside the Weather BombTEXT B As Prediction Improves，the Monsoon Is Less Predic- 80
UNIT 4 TEXT A Advertisements ⅠTEXT B Advertisements Ⅱ 119
UNIT 5 TEXT A Bright Outlook on Antarctic ScienceTEXT B Biological Implications of Gondwana 159
UNIT 6 TEXT A The Pleasures of Problem SolvingTEXT B School Science Meets the Real World 202
UNIT 7 TEXT A The Complications of Using SoftwareTEXT B Growing up with Computers 243
UNIT 8 TEXT A The Problem of Noise—the BackgroundTEXT B Noise：Industry Turns a Deaf Ear 287
UNIT 9 TEXT A Superconductors Come in From the ColdTEXT B The Rush to Superconducting 327
UNIT 10 TEXT A（A）Musical Robots（B）Hamburgerswith Chips...and Robot 371
UNIT 11 TEXT A（A）The Ozone Layer in Danger（B）Structured Ozone Holes 419
UNIT 12 TEXT A In Search of Solar SystemsTEXT B Wobbling Stars 460
UNIT 13 TEXT A Oil From the Centre of the EarthTEXT B Who Needs Biology？ 500
UNIT 14 TEXTA The Missing Links of EvolutionTEXT B Evolution by Jerks 546
UNIT 15 TEXT A The Scientific ImaginationTEXT B Chance or Sound Science？ 588
APPENDIX 1 Notes on the Texts 628
APPENDIX 2 Students'Answer key 685
GLOSSARY 730