Fear of physics
a guide for the perplexed
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Author
Publication
1993 - BasicBooks, New York, NY, New York (State)
Language
English
Word Count
51,500 words, Guess
Page Count
206 pages
Identifiers
- Internet Archivefearofphysicsgui00krau
- ISBN-100465057454
- ISBN-139780465057450
- LibraryThing160406
- Library of Congress Control Number92054523
and 2 more
- OCLC Control Number28063017
- Open LibraryOL1745185M
Classifications
- DDC530/.01
- LCCQC21.2 .K73 1993
Description
"Assume the cow is a sphere." So begins this lively, irreverent, and informative look at everything from the physics of boiling water to cutting-edge research at the observable limits of the universe. Rich with anecdotes and accessible examples (like the cow as sphere, which illustrates the principle of simplifying the world in order to explain it), Fear of Physics nimbly ranges over the tools and thought behind the world of modern physics, taking the mystery out of what is essentially a very human intellectual endeavor.
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