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In praise of simple physics : the science and mathematics behind everyday questions /
Physics can explain many of the things that we commonly encounter. It can tell us why the night is dark, what causes the tides, and even how best to catch a baseball. With In Praise of Simple Physics, popular math and science writer Paul Nahin presents a plethora of situations that explore the scien...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Princeton ; Oxford :
Princeton University Press,
[2016]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- How's your math?
- The traffic light dilemma
- Energy from moving air
- Drag racing and (some) space station physics
- Merry-go-round physics and the tides
- Energy from moving water
- Using vectors to avoid a bad hair day
- An illuminating problem
- How to measure the depth of a deep, dark hole in the ground with a stopwatch
- Solving the preface challenge problems
- The physics of stacking books and of chain reactions
- Communication satellite physics
- Walking a ladder upright
- Why is the sky dark at night?
- How some things float (or don't)
- A reciprocating problem
- How to catch a baseball (or not)
- Tossing balls and shooting bullets up-hill
- Rapid travel in a great circle transit tube
- Hurtling your body through space
- The path of a punt
- Easy ways to measure gravity in your garage
- Epilogue
- Newton's gravity calculation mistake.