This comprehensive text presents cutting-edge science topics to pique readers’ interest, stimulate critical thinking and broaden their expressive power.

Made up of 20 specially selected topics dealing with recent developments in science and technology, this text comprehensive focusing on human science and the natural environment will help students develop critical thinking skills as it extends their expressive ability. The book follows a systematic structure to aid comprehension. Each unit begins with a reading text that sets out the main issues. The various types of exercise that follow serve to deepen interest and understanding, and the discussion focuses on the important points. This is the ideal text for students to learn about the latest in technological breakthroughs and innovation.

Contents

Crops for Food or Fuel? / Oceans Awash in Toxic Plastic / Global-warming Super Typhoons / Slingshot: Water Purification Innovation / Engineering Earth is Possible / Making Stem Cell Therapy a Reality? / Learning from the 2011 Tohoku Tsunami / Gigantic Oil Spills and Clean-ups / Public Construction Projects Under Review / Grand Unified Theory of Artificial Intelligence / A Bright Future for LED Lights, etc. (Total 20 units)