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The textbook Physical Science Concepts (ISBN 0-9611938-10-6) by Mason, Griffen, Merrill and Thorne is copyrighted by the College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences of Brigham Young University. All rights are reserved. It is made available here as a convenience for students that are formally enrolled in a course that has adopted the textbook.

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Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Prologue
Chapter 2: Science and the Universe
Chapter 3: Laws Governing Motion
Chapter 4: The Fundamental Interactions
Chapter 5: Applications of the Laws of Force and Motion
Chapter 6: Some Effects Due to Internal Forces
Chapter 7: Conservation Laws
Chapter 8: The Special Principle of Relativity
Chapter 9: Special Relativity

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Chapter 10: The Physical Properties of Matter
Chapter 11: The Molecular Model
Chapter 12: The Law of Increasing Disorder
Chapter 13: Waves
Chapter 14: The Properties of Light
Chapter 15: The Nuclear Atom
Chapter 16: Duality of Matter
Chapter 17: The Wave Model of the Atom

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Chapter 18: The Periodic Table
Chapter 19: Molecules and Compounds
Chapter 20: Metals and Their Compounds
Chapter 21: Compounds of Nonmetals
Chapter 22: Chemistry of Living Things
Chapter 23: How Life Works
Chapter 24: The Nucleus
Color Plates: Page 1 (Plates 1,2,3)
Color Plates: Page 2 (Plate 4)
Color Plates: Page 3 (Plates 5,6)
Color Plates: Page 4 (Plates 7,8)
Color Plates: Page 5 (Plates 9,10)
Color Plates: Page 6 (Plates 11,12)
Color Plates: Page 7 (Plates 13,14)
Color Plates: Page 8 (Plates 15,16,17)
Chapter 25: Nuclear Forces and Nuclear Energy

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Chapter 26: Cosmology: How the Universe Works
Chapter 27: The History of a Star
Chapter 28: Planet Earth
Chapter 29: Geologic Time
Chapter 30: The Interior of the Earth
Chapter 31: From Continental Drift to Plate Tectonics: The Evidence
Chapter 32: Plate Tectonics: A Working Model for the Earth
Chapter 33: Fossils: The Record of Life
Chapter 34: The Changing Face of the Earth

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Appendix A: Suggestions for Study
Appendix B: The Chemical Elements
Appendix C: The Periodic Chart of the Elements
Hints and Answers to Exercises
Sources and Further Readings
General Index
Biographical Index

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