Thinking Physics
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Author
Contributions
- Hewitt, Paul G. - Contributor
Publication
1981 - Insight USA, San Francisco, United States
Language
English
Word Count
128,750 words, Guess
Page Count
515 pages
Identifiers
- Internet Archivethinkingphysicsq0000unse_c6y0
- ISBN-100935218025
- ISBN-139780935218022
- OCLC Control Number476283187
- Open LibraryOL21382430M
Description
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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