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Brainteaser Physics: Challenging Physics Puzzlers
Göran Grimvall
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Description for Brainteaser Physics: Challenging Physics Puzzlers
Paperback. With Brainteaser Physics, students and veteran physicists alike can sharpen their critical and creative thinking-and have fun at the same time. Num Pages: 176 pages, 71, 65 black & white line drawings, 6 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: PH; WDK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 222.
Does a glass of ice water filled to the brim overflow when the ice melts? Does the energy inside a sauna increase when you heat it up? What's the best way to cool your coffee-adding the creamer first or last? These and other challenging puzzlers provide a fresh-and fun-approach to learning real physics. Presenting both classic and new problems, Brainteaser Physics challenges readers to use imagination and basic physics principles to find the answers. Goeran Grimvall provides detailed and accessible explanations of the solutions, sometimes correcting the standard explanations, sometimes putting a new twist on them. ... Read more
Does a glass of ice water filled to the brim overflow when the ice melts? Does the energy inside a sauna increase when you heat it up? What's the best way to cool your coffee-adding the creamer first or last? These and other challenging puzzlers provide a fresh-and fun-approach to learning real physics. Presenting both classic and new problems, Brainteaser Physics challenges readers to use imagination and basic physics principles to find the answers. Goeran Grimvall provides detailed and accessible explanations of the solutions, sometimes correcting the standard explanations, sometimes putting a new twist on them. ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
Weight
219 g
Number of Pages
176
Place of Publication
Baltimore, MD, United States
ISBN
9780801885129
SKU
V9780801885129
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About Göran Grimvall
Goeran Grimvall is a professor of physics and the director of undergraduate studies at the Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm. He is an elected member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences and has published several popular science books.
Reviews for Brainteaser Physics: Challenging Physics Puzzlers
I highly recommend this book.
About.com
Provides a fun, casual approach to learning the science of physics... Perfect for high school or general-interest collections seeking reinforcements to physics principles.
Midwest Book Review
A good mix of problem types... Highly recommended. General readers; lower- and upper-division undergraduates.
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Instructors could use Brainteaser Physics in a ... Read more
About.com
Provides a fun, casual approach to learning the science of physics... Perfect for high school or general-interest collections seeking reinforcements to physics principles.
Midwest Book Review
A good mix of problem types... Highly recommended. General readers; lower- and upper-division undergraduates.
Choice
Instructors could use Brainteaser Physics in a ... Read more