Physics for Entertainment - Couverture rigide

Perelman, Yakov

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1401309216 ISBN 13 : 9781401309213

Editeur : Grand Central Publishing, 2008

Synopsis

For physics students and science buffs alike, this clever and easy-to-read elementary physics handbook, recently mentioned in a New Yorker article, was a bestseller in the Soviet Union in the 1930s.

This book appeals to bright inquisitive minds and gives answers to basic questions about physics. The fundamentals of mechanics, force, work, friction, rotation, gravitation, and more are presented with timeless charm. Instructive and witty, the author singles out and presents ordinary facts and phenomena from a physics perspective, encouraging readers to think in physical categories. The anecdotes are enhanced by black and white illustrations. The English language edition was first published in the UK by Mir Publishers.

Chapters include:

• Can One Walk Without Support?
• Why Do Knots Hold?
• You as Galileo
• Can an Invisible Man See?
• How to Dig Tunnels
• Why Fish Have Bladders
• And much more!

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

For physics students and science buffs alike, this clever and easy-to-read elementary physics handbook, recently mentioned in a New Yorker article, was a bestseller in the Soviet Union in the 1930s.

This book appeals to bright inquisitive minds and gives answers to basic questions about physics. The fundamentals of mechanics, force, work, friction, rotation, gravitation, and more are presented with timeless charm. Instructive and witty, the author singles out and presents ordinary facts and phenomena from a physics perspective, encouraging readers to think in physical categories. The anecdotes are enhanced by black and white illustrations. The English language edition was first published in the UK by Mir Publishers.

Chapters include:

• Can One Walk Without Support?
• Why Do Knots Hold?
• You as Galileo
• Can an Invisible Man See?
• How to Dig Tunnels
• Why Fish Have Bladders
• And much more!

Biographie de l'auteur

Yakov Perelman (1882-1942) was a Russian author of many popular science books.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Grand Central Publishing
• Date d'édition: 2008
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1401309216
• ISBN 13: 9781401309213
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 336
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: HACHETTE LIVRE SA; https://www.hachette.fr/; ; 1 AVENUE GUTENBERG; MAUREPAS CEDEX; 78319; France