Geek Physics: Surprising Answers to the Planet's Most Interesting Questions
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- Categories:Physics Popular Science
- Language:English(Translation Services Available)
- Publication date:April,2015
- Pages:224
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- Size:152mm×228mm
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- Text Color:Black and white
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―Sean Carroll, theoretical physicist and author of The Particle at the End of the Universe
"Geek Physics shows us the joy to be found in using simple models and physics principles to dig deeper into everything from sports to comic-book movies. And, as it turns out, adding a little physics makes everything more fun."
―Chad Orzel, author of How to Teach Quantum Physics to Your Dog
"This book won my heart after it estimated lightsaber temperature from the color of molten metal."
―Zach Weinersmith, author and illustrator of the webcomic Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
“Geek Physics will cause you to see the relevance of physics to life’s hidden, everyday questions. It's the superposition of Hollywood, Mythbusters, YouTube, physics and Rhett Allain’s knack for asking interesting questions.”
―Dr. Aaron Titus, codeveloper of WebAssign
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Description
In Geek Physics, Rhett Allain, a physics professor and Wired’s popular Dot Physics blogger, finds intriguing questions buried in familiar movies and TV shows, video games, viral videos, and news hooks and walks readers through the fascinating answers from a physics perspective, without all the complicated details. Geek Physics appeals not just to the geek oriented but also to anyone who loves pop culture and technology.
With illustrations, basic equations, and easy-to-read graphs and diagrams, each chapter not only covers the most popular subjects from Allain’s blog, like lightsabers and McDonald’s drive-thrus, but uses those questions from a less technical approach to teach basic physics concepts. What better way to explain the nature of light than to consider how Gollum could see in the dark?
Geek Physics explores interesting questions like:
* How much bubble wrap would you need to safely jump off a 6th floor building?
* Why does R2-D2 fly the way he does?
* Why does a mirror reverse left to light, but not top to bottom?
* Is Angry Birds using real physics?
* Does a heavier truck make a better snow plow?
* What if everyone on earth jumped at the same time?
* How many dollar bills would it take to stack them to the moon?
Author
An Associate Professor of Physics at Southeastern Louisiana University and a popular Dot Physics blogger at Wired Science Blogs.
He received his Ph.D. from North Carolina State University in 2001 and works in the field of physics education research. He has a knack for explaining things in a way that is both entertaining and useful.
He is also the author of the National Geographic book Angry Birds Furious Forces: The Physics at Play in the World's Most Popular Game and of Just Enough Physics.