Unit 1 What Creates Static Electricity? 1
Stylistic Features of EST Ⅰ 21
Unit 2 The Information Paradox 28
Stylistic Features of EST Ⅱ 45
Unit 3 A Palette of Particles 54
EST Reading Skills—Reading for Main idea Ⅰ 72
Unit 4 Bonding to Hydrogen 78
EST Reading Skills—Reading for Main idea Ⅱ 91
Unit 5 Cracking with Electricity 100
EST Reading Skills—Skimming and Scanning 107
Unit 6 Empirical Software Engineering 119
EST Reading Skills—Meaning 135
Unit 7 Herschel and the Puzzle of Infrared 140
EST Reading Skills—Words and Expressions of Contrast 159
Unit 8 The Man Behind the Curtain 163
EST Reading Skills—Prefix,Root and Suffix 176
Unit 9 Mind Wandering 185
Unit 10 Plenty of Room at the Bottom? 198
Keys to the Exercises 217
References 224