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Physics is the real magic of the universe, and each day i wish to surprise, delight, and awe with a brief demonstration from the real world. The basic idea of the book is the first half is dedicated to mathematics, starting from the most basic definitions of real and complex. I was a physics instructor at santa barbara city college, with a masters degree, and nsf was. Published in 19, a bestseller in the 1930s and long out of print, physics for entertainment was translated from russian into many languages and influenced science students around the world.
The 6 best quantum physics books on the planet dont waste. The classical description of a particle, hilbert space formalism, group theory, lie algebra, the green function approach, the. This book explains many of the most entertaining aspects of the physical world and its principles, including optical. Book one, offering realworld applications, demonstrations, and fascinating phenomena that remain relevantand educationalto modern readers. Some ideas from calculus are included in the book but are not necessary to understand the content.
It stuck the fancy of the young who found in it the answers to many of the questions that interested them. Among them was grigori yakovlevich perelman, the russian mathematician unrelated to the author, who solved the poincare conjecture, and who was. What are some fun or offbeat physics books that are still. Physics for entertainment not only had an interesting layout, it was also immensely interactive. Also, i find the book very inspiring and motivating as each topic i get stuck on, i delve into with other books and once i have a decent understanding, i am one chapter closer to the front lines of physics. Its a lot of fun, too, but its bound to be tiring at times. Physics for entertainment not only had an interesting layout, it was also immensely instructive. Perelman makes physics fun in his classic englishlanguage book physics for entertainment. This post is for the latex version of the book, earlier scanned book can be found here. It starts with thought experiments that can be performed in reality about the interaction of light or atoms with a double slit. Free physics books download ebooks online textbooks tutorials.
The book s main objective is to arouse the readers scientific imagination, teach him to think in a scientific manner, and create in his mind a variety of associations between physical knowledge and a large number of real daily life. December 4, 1882 march 16, 1942 was a russian and soviet science writer and author of many popular science books, including physics can be fun and mathematics can be fun both translated from russian into english. If you love physics and and have a place for humor in your heart then this the place where you can enjoy the most. In my thesis i explored the principles of designing popular science books. The physics education in russian federation is based on the education system of the. In addition to being challenging, these questions are fun and interesting. Aug 17, 2011 this english language edition is a translation from the 21st russian edition of physics for entertainment, book 1 and book 2. A classic russian book that delivers on the funwithphysics promise of its title books, books defying categories soviet popularscience writer yakov i. This book is actually the combined volume of physics for entertainment by yakov perelman. The aim of rphysics is to build a subreddit frequented by physicists, scientists, and those with a passion for physics. In 1987 he received the nobel prize for literature. Let your inner scientist come out and uncover the mysteries of physics at play in daily life.
A lot of it zoomed over my head, but this had some really fun things about physics, i even find myself. A brief history of time by stephen hawking, the elegant universe. I got a chance to compare russian and american calculus teaching when i was a student at berkeley, which is one of the best science and math universities anywhere. Yakov isidorovich perelman was a russian and soviet science writer and author of many popular science books, including physics can be fun and. A classic russian book that delivers on the fun with physics promise of its title books, books defying categories soviet popularscience writer yakov i. Another suggestion is understanding physics by isaac asimov the author of i. Every once in a while, we get a question asking for a book or other educational reference on a particular topic at a particular level. Household physics for fun and entertainment handson physics. This is a metaquestion that collects all those links together. Those who grew up in india in the 70s might remember these books, they used to be available in those days, and were very popular among students. So, its also good to read some histories of physics.
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