In Praise of Simple Physics : The Science and Mathematics behind Everyday Questions
Paul J. Nahin
Bok Engelsk 2016 · Electronic books.
| Utgitt | Princeton : : Princeton University Press, , 2016.
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (269 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Foreword; Preface with Challenge Problems; 1 How's Your Math?; 2 The Traffic-Light Dilemma; 3 Energy from Moving Air; 4 Dragsters and Space Station Physics; 5 Merry-Go-Round Physics and the Tides; 6 Energy from Moving Water; 7 Vectors and Bad Hair Days; 8 An Illuminating Problem; 9 How to Measure Depth with a Stopwatch; 10 Doing the Preface Problems; 11 The Physics of Stacking Books; 12 Communication Satellite Physics; 13 Walking a Ladder Upright; 14 Why Is the Sky Dark at Night?; 15 How Some Things Float (or Don't); 16 A Reciprocating Problem. - 17 How to Catch a Baseball (or Not)18 Tossing Balls and Shooting Bullets Uphill; 19 Rapid Travel in a Great Circle Transit Tube; 20 Hurtling Your Body through Space; 21 The Path of a Punt; 22 Easy Ways to Measure Gravity in Your Garage; 23 Epilogue Newton's Gravity Calculation Mistake; Postscript; Acknowledgments; Index
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| ISBN | 9780691166933
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