What is the mystery Greene discusses and why does he say it is something we should all care about?

Water (2510 g ) is heated until it just begins to boil. if the water absorbs 5.09×105 j of heat in the process, what was the initial temperature of the water?

Apiece of copper has a temperature of 75.6 0c. when the metal is placed in 100.0 grams of water at 19.1 0c, the temperature rises by 5.5 0c. what is the mass of the metal?

If we compare and contrast electromagnetic waves with sound waves, all but one statement is true. that is a) sound waves require a medium to travel while electromagnetic waves do not. b) electromagnetic waves can travel through the vacuum of space while sound waves cannot. c) electromagnetic waves must have a medium in which to travel, but sound waves can travel anywhere. eliminate d) sound waves must bounce off of matter in order to travel while electromagnetic waves do not require matter to be present.