- Paperback: 561 pages
- Publisher: Insight Pr; 2nd edition (December 1984)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0935218068
- ISBN-13: 978-0935218060
- Product Dimensions: 22.4 x 14.5 x 3.6 cm
- Shipping Weight: 771 g
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,068,846 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Book 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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5.0 out of 5 stars
Very Useful Book,
By A Customer
This review is from: Thinking Physics: Understandable Practical Reality (Paperback)
No, this isn't a perfect book. Some of Lewis' explanations are a bit vague and some are incomplete but despite these minor flaws this book does a wonderful job of explaining important concepts of physics in very simple terms.I can't think of anyone who wouldn't benefit from reading this book. Oh yes, it's a fun read too!
5.0 out of 5 stars
teachs you how to think about physics problems,
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This review is from: Thinking Physics: Is Gedanken Physics (Paperback)
I like this book because it has interesting and motivating physics problems that can be solved, without math, with just carefull thinking on the truly physical aspects and principles. I do not mean that math should not be used in physics books, nor that all physics problems can be solved without math, but problems that do not need math are also very interesting and should be taught, and this book is very good in doing that. I think high school should use this book (as complement to conventional books) because it would have great effect on kids's mental habits. One thing I do not like from this book is that answers are upside down. It deserves 5 stars.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Honest and clear teaching,
By Glen Peach (Brazil) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Thinking Physics: Understandable Practical Reality (Paperback)
It's amazing the capability of being clear and to get to the right point. Ingeneous! I recommend for every one who search for learn physics, even those who already studied it!
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