An edition of Thinking Physics (1979)

Thinking Physics

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An edition of Thinking Physics (1979)

Thinking Physics

  • 4.7 (7 ratings)
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  • 10 Currently reading
  • 5 Have read

Lewis Carroll Epstein explains deep ideas in physics in an easy-to-understand way. Thinking Physics is a perfect beginner's guide to an amazingly wide range of physics-related questions. The book targets topics that science teachers and students spend time wondering about, like wing lift. Epstein elucidates the familiar but misunderstood — such as how tides work — along with more obscure but fascinating phenomena like the "Bernoulli sub"€ and the "artificial aurora"€ created by hydrogen bombs. Broken into many short sections and peppered with Epstein'€™s own playful hand-drawn illustrations, the book does not simply give the right answer: It also goes into the answers that seem right but are wrong and shows why they are wrong — a rarity in science books. Thinking Physics is a rigorously correct, lighthearted, and cleverly designed Q and A book for physicists of all ages.

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Insight USA
Language
English
Pages
515

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Open Library
OL21382430M
Internet Archive
thinkingphysicsq0000unse_c6y0
ISBN 10
0935218025
OCLC/WorldCat
476283187

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OL5921987W

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