Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 530 EAN: 9780764554339 ISBN: 0764554336 Label: For Dummies Manufacturer: For Dummies Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 384 Publication Date: November 28, 2004 Publisher: For Dummies Sales Rank: 2515 Studio: For Dummies
Product DescriptionDoes just thinking about the laws of motion make your head spin? Does studying electricity short your circuits? Do the complexities of thermodynamics cool your enthusiasm?
Thanks to this book, you don’t have to be Einstein to understand physics. As you read about Newton’s Laws, Kepler’s Laws, Hooke’s Law, Ohm’s Law, and others, you’ll appreciate the For Dummies law: The easier we make it, the faster people understand it and the more they enjoy it! Whether you’re taking a class, helping kids with homework, or trying to find out how the world works, this book helps you understand basic physics. It covers:
Measurements, units, and significant figures
Forces such as displacement, speed, and acceleration
Vectors and physics notation
Motion, energy, and waves (sound, light, wave-particle)
Solids, liquids, and gases
Thermodynamics
Electromagnetism
Relativity
Atomic and nuclear structures
Steven Holzner, Ph.D. earned his B.S. at MIT and his Ph.D. at Cornell, where he taught Physics 101 and 102 for over 10 years. He livens things up with cool physics facts, real-world examples, and simple experiments that will heighten your enthusiasm for physics and science. The book ends with some out-of-this world physics that will set your mind in motion:
The possibility of wormholes in space
The Big Bang
How the gravitational pull of black holes is too strong for even light to escape
May the Force be with you!
Customer Reviews
Average Rating:
Rating: - Not for dummies
This book isn't really for people who aren't familiar with physics, it's a reference for people who've already learned physics to brush up on thing that might have slipped their minds. It's both comical and insulting in how it asserts that you should now understand some long equation after providing no explanation in English, no breakdown of how it works, no explanation for why some value must be squared or multiplied with another. A book like this should be accessible and explain concepts in terms ... Read More
Rating: - Dummies?
Well, I'm not a dummy but this book will make you check your past algebra skills.
Rating: - Great
I have already received a degree in physics, but am always looking at texts for further understanding and alternate perspectives. This book is good for either a beginner or someone looking strengthen their grasp of physics.
Rating: - Pretty good
It's pretty good, although it could be better. It would have helped to be a little more concise, or to have more examples; really just MORE. It does help, though.
Rating: - Facilmente comprensible
Los textos para "dummies" se traducen en España peyorativamente como "para torpes" y se deberían traducir como textos "facilmente comprensibles", ya que en absoluto son textos para torpes, sino textos muy asequibles.
Sin más, saludos
- Not for dummies
- Great
- Pretty good
