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