This book is written to support a one-semester general education course in physical science. The course is required of virtually all non-science students at our university (about 2500 per semester) although some satisfy the requirement by examination.
The course is meant to be a broad exposure to physical science. The students who take the course are primarily freshman who are not science majors, but who will follow the course with an elective which pursues some area of science in greater depth. The course is conceptual rather than mathematical. It is meant to be a presentation of some of the most significant ideas in science, as they might be presented to a lay audience by specialists. The course is supported by faculty lectures which include live demonstrations and audiovisual presentations without which the course would be much different and incomplete.
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