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Superstrings and Other Things: A Guide to Physics

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Written by a NASA scientist, this book tells the story of physics from the early Greeks to the present scientific discoveries. The basic concepts of physics are explained and illustrated with helpful diagrams and photographs. Newtonian and Galilean physics, the laws of thermodynamics and electromagnetism, relativity, quantum physics and even nuclear physics are all in this comprehensive book. Spending the time with this book will give you a head start toward understanding what constitutes the universe and how the universe works. There are wonderful anecdotes from the history of science and many interesting current applications of physics to every day life. Highly recommended.

Written by a NASA scientist, this book tells the story of physics from the early Greeks to the present scientific discoveries. The basic concepts of physics are explained and illustrated with helpful diagrams and photographs. Newtonian and Galilean physics, the laws of thermodynamics and electromagnetism, relativity, quantum physics and even nuclear physics are all in this comprehensive book. Spending the time with this book will give you a head start toward understanding what constitutes the universe and how the universe works. There are wonderful anecdotes from the history of science and many interesting current applications of physics to every day life. Highly recommended.

If you want to learn physics on your own, I would recommend this book. I did not take physics in high school or college and always sort of regreted it. I bought this book a couple of months ago and began to read it. The first chapter is wonderful. I did not enjoy the second chapter as much and would recommend skimming over it. From there on it's very informative. I particularly recommend the section on modern physics. It really allows you to make sense of the new science stuff that gets reported in The New York Times.

Some of the most interestings things about this book are the special notes that are included in all chapters with applications to everyday stuff. They bring what you are reading down to the practical level.

All in all, an excellent book. It's worth your effort.

I really wish I'd had this book when I was struggling through my physics courses. The concepts are presented in a very clear and readable fashion, and I think the authors of most physics textbooks would benefit a great deal from reading this. It covers pretty much the same topics that are common to most first year general physics courses, and in many cases more. It is intended for the general reader and while there is some math, it should not be enough to scare anyone off. The author succeeds in making this an enjoyable book to read and learn from. In my case this has been a great choice as a refresher on the concepts of physics.

Good intro to physics starting with modern physics concepts making it more interesting than one starting with things that happened in the 1600s.

I love this book! It was well worth the money. If you're looking for mathematical explanations of physics, you're going to have to look for another book. The author of this book makes it easy--well, easier-- to understand the concepts behind complicated physics. I personally use this as a supplement to my physics for engineers course. Of course, it's no replacement for an physics for engineers textbook, but it helps to clarify many concepts that are not thoroughly explained in my textbook. I would recommend this textbook to anyone who wants a good conceptual understanding of physics.

Many basic concepts and human interest stories, bios of famous scientists are helpful.
Some elements are fairly advanced, but many elements in this book are suitable for the beginning student of science.
A good survey and reference book for your library.