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| Part One. Matter and Energy
INTRODUCTION: The Universe of the Physicist, the Chemist, and the Astronomer by Nigel Calder
Division I. Atoms: Atomic Nuclei and Elementary Particles
1.1.1. The Structure and Properties of Atoms
1.1.2. The Atomic Nucleus and Elementary Particles
Division II. Energy, Radiation, and the States and Transformation of Matter
1.2.1. Chemical Elements: Periodic Variation in Their Properties
1.2.2. Chemical Compounds: Molecular Structure and Chemical Bonding
1.2.3. Chemical Reactions
1.2.4. Heat, Thermodynamics, and the Nonsolid States of Matter
1.2.5. The Solid State of Matter
1.2.6. Mechanics of Particles, Rigid Bodies, and Deformable Bodies:Elasticity, Vibrations, and Flow
1.2.7. Electricity and Magnetism
1.2.8. Waves and Wave Motion
Division III. The Universe: Galaxies, Stars, the Solar System
1.3.1. The Cosmos
1.3.2. Galaxies and Stars
1.3.3. The Solar System
Part Two. The Earth
INTRODUCTION: The Great Globe Itself by Peter J. Wyllie
Division I. The Earth's Properties, Structure, and Composition
2.1.1. The Planet Earth
2.1.2. The Earth's Physical Properties
2.1.3. The Structure and Composition of the Earth's Interior
2.1.4. The Earth's Constituent Minerals and Rocks
Division II. The Earth's Envelope: Its Atmosphere and Hydrosphere
2.2.1. The Atmosphere
2.2.2. The Hydrosphere: the Oceans, Freshwater Bodies, and Ice Masses
2.2.3. Weather and Climate
Division III. The Earth's Surface Features
2.3.1. Physical Features of the Earth's Surface
2.3.2. Features Produced by Geomorphic Processes Acting on the Earth'sSurface
Division IV. The Earth's History
2.4.1. Origin and Development of the Earth and Its Envelopes
2.4.2. The Interpretation of the Geologic Record
2.4.3. The Eras and Periods of Geologic Time
Part Three. Life on Earth
INTRODUCTION: The Mysteries of Life by Rene Dubos
Division I. The Nature and Diversity of Living Things
3.1.1. Characteristics of Living Things
3.1.2. The Origin of Life and the Evolution of Living Things
3.1.3. The Classification of Living Things
Division II. The Molecular Basis of Vital Processes
3.2.1. Chemicals and the Vital Processes
3.2.2. Metabolism: Bioenergetics and Biosynthesis
3.2.3. Vital Processes at the Molecular Level
Division III. The Structures and Functions of Organisms
3.3.1. The Cellular Basis of Form and Function
3.3.2. The Relation of Form and Function in Organisms
3.3.3. Coordination of Vital Processes: Regulation and Integration
3.3.4. Covering and Support: Integumentary, Skeletal, and Musculatory Systems
3.3.5. Nutrition: the Procurement and Processing of Nutrients
3.3.6. Gas Exchange, Internal Transport, and Elimination
3.3.7. Reproduction and Sex
3.3.8. Development: Growth, Differentiation, and Morphogenesis
3.3.9. Heredity: the Transmission of Traits
Division IV. Behavioral Responses of Organisms
3.4.1. Nature and Patterns of Behavioral Responses
3.4.2. Development and Range of Behavioral Capacities: Individual andGroup Behaviour
Division V. The Biosphere: the World of Living Things
3.5.1. Basic Features of the Biosphere
3.5.2. Biological Populations and Communities
3.5.3. Hazards of Life in the Biosphere: Disease and Death
3.5.4. Biogeographic Distribution of Organisms: Ecosystems
3.5.5. The Place of Humans in the Biosphere
Part Four. Human Life
INTRODUCTION: The Cosmic Orphan by Loren Eiseley
Division I. Stages in the Development of Human Life on Earth
4.1.1. Human Evolution
4.1.2. Human Heredity: the Races of Mankind
Division II. The Human Organism: Health and Disease
4.2.1. The Structures and Functions of the Human Body
4.2.2. Human Health
4.2.3. Human Diseases
4.2.4. The Practice of Medicine and the Care of Health
Division III. Human Behaviour and Experience
4.3.1. Human Nature and Experience: General Considerations
4.3.2. Influence of the Current Environment on a Person's Behaviour and Conscious Experience: Attention, Sensation, and Perception
4.3.3. Current Internal States Affecting a Person's Behaviour and ConsciousExperience
4.3.4. Persisting Capacities and Inclinations That Influence HumanBehaviour and Conscious Experience
4.3.5. Development of a Person's Potentials: Learning and Thinking
4.3.6. Personality and the Self: Integration and Disintegration of thePerson as a Whole
Part Five. Human Society
INTRODUCTION: Man the Social Animal by Harold D. Lasswell
Division I. Social Groups: Peoples and Cultures
5.1.1. Peoples and Cultures of the World
5.1.2. The Development of Human Culture
5.1.3. Major Cultural Components and Institutions of Human Societies
5.1.4. Language and Communication
Division II. Social Organization and Social Change
5.2.1. Social Structure and Change
5.2.2. The Group Structure of Society
5.2.3. Social Status
5.2.4. Human Populations: Urban and Rural Communities
Division III. The Production, Distribution, and Utilization of Wealth
5.3.1. Economic Concepts, Issues, and Systems
5.3.2. The Consumer and the Market: Pricing and the Mechanisms for Distributing Goods
5.3.3. The Organization of Production and Distribution
5.3.4. The Distribution of Income and Wealth
5.3.5. Macroeconomics
5.3.6. Economic Growth and Planning12 Contents
Division IV. Politics and Government
5.4.1. Political Theory
5.4.2. Political Institutions: the Structure, Branches, and Officesof Government
5.4.3. The Functioning of Government: the Dynamics of the Political Process
5.4.4. International Relations: Peace and War
Division V. Law
5.5.1. Philosophies and Systems of Law; the Practice of Law
5.5.2. Branches of Public Law, Substantive and Procedural
5.5.3. Branches of Private Law, Substantive and Procedural
Division VI. Education
5.6.1. The Aims and Organization of Education
5.6.2. Education Around the World
Part Six. Art
INTRODUCTION: The World of Art by Mark Van Doren
Division I. Art in General
6.1.1. Theory and Classification of the Arts
6.1.2. Experience and Criticism of Works of Art; the NonaestheticContext of Art
6.1.3. Characteristics of the Arts in Particular Cultures
Division II. The Particular Arts
6.2.1. Literature
6.2.2. Theatre
6.2.3. Motion Pictures
6.2.4. Music
6.2.5. Dance
6.2.6. Architecture, Garden and Landscape Design, and Urban Design
6.2.7. Sculpture
6.2.8. Drawing, Painting, Printmaking, and Photography
6.2.9. Arts of Decoration and Functional Design
Part Seven. Technology
INTRODUCTION: Knowing How and Knowing Why by Lord Ritchie-Calder
Division I. The Nature and Development of Technology
7.1.1. Technology: Its Scope and History
7.1.2. The Organization of Human WorkContents 13
Division II. Elements of Technology
7.2.1. Technology of Energy Conversion and Utilization
7.2.2. Technology of Tools and Machines
7.2.3. Technology of Measurement. Observation, and Control
7.2.4. Extraction and Conversion of Industrial Raw Materials
7.2.5. Technology of Industrial Production Processes
Division III. Major Fields of Technology
7.3.1. Agriculture and Food Production
7.3.2. Technology of the Major Industries
7.3.3. Construction Technology
7.3.4. Transportation Technology
7.3.5. Technology of Information Processing and of CommunicationsSystems
7.3.6. Military Technology
7.3.7. Technology of the Urban Community
7.3.8. Technology of Earth and Space Exploration
Part Eight. Religion
INTRODUCTION: Religion as Symbolism by Wilfred Cantwell Smith
Division I. Religion in General
8.1.1. Knowledge and Understanding of Religion
8.1.2. The Religious Life: Institutions and Practices
Division II. The
Particular Religions
8.2.1. Prehistoric Religion and Primitive Religion
8.2.2. Religions of Ancient Peoples
8.2.3. Hinduism and Other Religions of India
8.2.4. Buddhism
8.2.5. Indigenous Religions of East Asia: Religions of China, Korea, andJapan
8.2.6. Judaism
8.2.7. Christianity
8.2.8. Islam
8.2.9. Other Religions and Religious Movements in the Modern World
Part Nine. The History of Mankind
INTRODUCTION: The Point and Pleasure of Reading History by Jacques Barzun
Division I. Peoples and Civilizations of Ancient Southwest Asia, North Africa, and Europe
9.1.1. Early Peoples and Civilizations of Southwest Asia and Egypt, theAegean, and North Africa
9.1.2. Peoples of Ancient Europe and the Classical Civilizations of theAncient Mediterranean World to AD 395
Division II. Peoples and Civilizations of Medieval Europe, North Africa, and Southwest Asia
9.2.1. Western Europe, the Byzantine (Eastern Roman) Empire, andEastern Europe from AD 395 to c. 1050
9.2.2. The Formative Period in Islamic History, from AD 622 to c. 1055
9.2.3. Western Christendom in the High and Later Middle Ages(c. 1050-c. 1500)
9.2.4. The Crusading Movement, the Islamic States of Southwest Asia,North Africa, and Europe, and the States of Eastern Christendom from c. 1050 to c. 1480
Division III. Peoples and Traditional Civilizations of East, Central, South. andSoutheast Asia
9.3.1. China to the Beginning of the Late T'ang (AD 755)
9.3.2. China from the Late T'ang (AD 755) to the Late Ch'ing (e. 1839)
9.3.3. Inner (Central and Northeast) Asia to c. 1750
9.3.4. Japan to the Meiji Restoration (1868), and Korea to 1910
9.3.5. The Indian Subcontinent and Ceylon to C. AD 1200
9.3.6. The Indian Subcontinent from c. 1200 to 1761, and Ceylonfrom c. 1200 to 1505
9.3.7. The Peoples and Civilizations of Southeast Asia to e. 1600
Division IV. Peoples and Civilizations of Sub-Saharan Africa to 1885
9.4.1. West Africa to c. 1885
9.4.2. The Nilotic Sudan and Ethiopia from c. AD 550 to 1885
9.4.3. East Africa and Madagascar to c. 1885
9.4.4. Central Africa to c. 1885
9.4.5. Southern Africa to c. 1885
Division V. Peoples and Civilizations of Pre-Columbian America
9.5.1. Andean Civilization to c. AD 1540
9.5.2. Meso-American Civilization to c. AD 1540
Division VI. The Modern World to 1920
9.6.1. Western Europe from c. 1500 to c. 1789
9.6.2. Eastern Europe, Southwest Asia, and North Africa from c. 1480to e. 1800
9.6.3. Europe from 1789 to c. 1920
9.6.4. European Colonies in the Americas from 1492 to c. 1790
9.6.5. Development of the United States and Canada from 1763 to 1920
9.6.6. Development of the Latin-American and Caribbean Nationsto c. 1920
9.6.7. Australia and Oceania to c. 1920
9.6.8. South Asia Under the Influence of European Imperialism fromc. 1500 to c. 1920
9.6.9. Southeast Asia Under the Influence of European Imperialismto e. 1920
9.6.10. China from 1839 Until the Onset of Revolution (to e. 1911), andJapan from the Meiji Restoration to c. 1910
9.6.11. Southwest Asia and North Africa (c. 1800-1920), and Sub-Saharan Africa (1885-c. 1920) Under the Influence of European Imperialism: the Early Colonial Period
Division VII. The World Since 1920
9.7.1. International Movements, Diplomacy, and War Since 1920
9.7.2. Europe Since c. 1920
9.7.3. The United States and Canada Since 1920
9.7.4. Latin-American and Caribbean Nations Since c. 1920
9.7.5. East Asia: China in Revolution, the Era of Japanese Hegemony, and the Influence of the United States in the 20th Century
9.7.6. South and Southeast Asia: the Late Colonial Period and theEmergence of New Nations Since 1920
9.7.7. Australia and Oceania Since 1920
9.7.8. Southwest Asia and Africa: the Late Colonial Period and theEmergence of New Nations in the 20th Century
Part Ten. The Branches of Knowledge
INTRODUCTION: Knowledge Become Self-conscious by Mortimer J. Adler
Division I. Logic
10.1.1. History and Philosophy of Logic
10.1.2. Formal Logic, Metalogic, and Applied Logic
Division II. Mathematics
10.2.1. History and Foundations of Mathematics
10.2.2. Branches of Mathematics
10.2.3. Applications of Mathematics
Division III. Science
10.3.1. History and Philosophy of Science
10.3.2. The Physical Sciences
10.3.3. The Earth Sciences
10.3.4. The Biological Sciences
10.3.5. Medicine and Affiliated Disciplines
10.3.6. The Social Sciences and Psychology and Linguistics
10.3.7. The Technological Sciences
Division IV. History and the Humanities
10.4.1. Historiography and the Study of History
10.4.2. The Humanities and Humanistic Scholarship
Division V. Philosophy
10.5.1. History of Philosophy
10.5.2. The Nature and the
Divisions of Philosophy
10.5.3. Philosophical Schools and Doctrines
Division VI. Preservation of Knowledge
10.6.1. Institutions and Techniques for the Collection, Storage, Dissemination, and Preservation of Knowledge
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