The Flying Circus of Physics (2nd ed.)
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Author | Jearl Walker |
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Cover artist | Norm Christiansen |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Subject | Physics --Problems, exercises, etc. |
Publisher | John Wiley and Sons |
Publication date
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1975 (1st ed.) 2006-06-01 (2nd ed.) |
Pages | 331 |
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OCLC | 64595915 |
The Flying Circus of Physics by Jearl Walker (1975, published by John Wiley and Sons, second edition in 2006), is a book that poses (and answers) about a thousand questions concerned with everyday physics. The emphasis is strongly on phenomena that might be encountered in one's daily life.
From the preface: "if you start thinking about physics when you are cooking, flying, or just lazing next to a stream, then I will feel the book was worthwhile".
Typically, the questions posed by the book are about phenomena that many readers will have encountered, but not thought through physically. For example: