This new version now contains answers to all the over 600 stimulating questions. Walker covers the entirety of naked-eye physics by exploring problems of the everyday world. He focuses on the flight of Frisbees, sounds of thunder, rainbows, sand dunes, soap bubbles, etc., and uses such familiar objects as rubber bands, eggs, tea pots, and Coke bottles. Many references to outside sources guide the way through the problems. Now the inclusion of answers provides immediate feedback, making this an extraordinary approach in applying all of physics to problems of the real world.
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This new version now contains answers to all the over 600 stimulating questions. Walker covers the entirety of naked-eye physics by exploring problems of the everyday world. He focuses on the flight of Frisbees, sounds of thunder, rainbows, sand dunes, soap bubbles, etc., and uses such familiar objects as rubber bands, eggs, tea pots, and Coke bottles. Many references to outside sources guide the way through the problems. Now the inclusion of answers provides immediate feedback, making this an extraordinary approach in applying all of physics to problems of the real world.
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You can learn a lot of physics from this book. It can help you develop the kind of intuition that you will not get from conventional physics books. In addition, you can learn some off-beat physics that is not normally taught in classes.
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A favorite uncle gave me this book when I was eleven or twelve, and I went on to love it literally to pieces. **But I still have all the pieces**, and I give copies of this book to kids who seem succeptible to it like I was.
Potential buyers should know that the book is arranged in an unusual format. One section, the questions, is divided topically into the major subcategories of physics; questions are numbered by category and then sequentially, such as 5.8, 5.9, 5.10... The answers to the questions are found in a separate section, using the numbers. Because of this, you tend to read the book with a finger stuck in the answers so you can find your place when you go to check your work. There is also a separate bibliography section, but I never paid much attention to that as a kid :^)
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This is a book of real-world physics questions and explainations. Billiards, air-conditioning, carnival games, and more are covered.Our high school advanced physics course used this book for a "special" kind of weekly lab where groups of students were assigned a few questions and the group was to write up short answers/explainations to the questions posed by Jearl, applying the concepts we learned in class and stretching our thought process. Most questions have solid physics explainations, some don't. As such, scores were given based on insight, communication, and application. The point of this book is to provoke thought and grab students' interest, and Jearl is a master.
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surf skimmer, dunking bird, teapot effect, momentum cannot change, trailing driver, antisolar point, normal rainbow, dendritic ice, upward streamer, polarizing sunglasses, positive afterimage, salt fountain, unburned material, chance disturbance, lowest resonant frequency, oasis mirage, air drag, stepped leader, mirage images, soft pallet, lower bulb, trailing car, ring vortex, otherwise dark room, negative lift Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Slipping Between Falling Drops, Splashing Colors Everywhere, Swimming Through Syrup, United States, World War, Mexico City, Answer Most, Answer One, Answer Suppose, Northern Hemisphere, Super Ball, Answer Some, Answer There, Benjamin Franklin, Los Angeles, Answer These, Answer First, Answer Let, Bay of Fundy, Paul's Cathedral, Silly Putty, Answer After, Answer Each, Answer Several, Cleveland Heights New!
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- Exercises in Fourier Analysis by T. W. Körner on page 216, and Back Matter
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