In Praise of Simple Physics
The Science and Mathematics behind Everyday Questions
1st Edition
Published on 20. June 2016
272 pages
978-1-4008-8051-5 (ISBN)
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English
Place of publication
Princeton, NJ
United States
Publishing group
De Gruyter
Target group
Professional and scholarly
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Digital original
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Reflowable
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59 b/w illus.
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1,24 MB
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978-1-4008-8051-5 (9781400880515)
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Paul J. Nahin is professor emeritus of electrical engineering at the University of New Hampshire. He is the author of many best-selling popular math books, including Digital Dice, Chases and Escapes, Dr. Euler's Fabulous Formula, When Least Is Best, Duelling Idiots and Other Probability Puzzlers, and An Imaginary Tale (all Princeton).
Content
Foreword by T. M. Helliwell ix
Preface with Challenge Problems xi
1 How's Your Math? 1
2 The Traffic-Light Dilemma 20
3 Energy from Moving Air 25
4 Dragsters and Space Station Physics 32
5 Merry-Go-Round Physics and the Tides 42
6 Energy from Moving Water 51
7 Vectors and Bad Hair Days 63
8 An Illuminating Problem 67
9 How to Measure Depth with a Stopwatch 74
10 Doing the Preface Problems 79
11 The Physics of Stacking Books 92
12 Communication Satellite Physics 103
13 Walking a Ladder Upright 110
14 Why Is the Sky Dark at Night? 115
15 How Some Things Float (or Don't) 126
16 A Reciprocating Problem 141
17 How to Catch a Baseball (or Not) 146
18 Tossing Balls and Shooting Bullets Uphill 153
19 Rapid Travel in a Great Circle Transit Tube 163
20 Hurtling Your Body through Space 177
21 The Path of a Punt 194
22 Easy Ways to Measure Gravity in Your Garage 200
23 Epilogue Newton's Gravity Calculation Mistake 218
Postscript 227
Acknowledgments
Preface with Challenge Problems xi
1 How's Your Math? 1
2 The Traffic-Light Dilemma 20
3 Energy from Moving Air 25
4 Dragsters and Space Station Physics 32
5 Merry-Go-Round Physics and the Tides 42
6 Energy from Moving Water 51
7 Vectors and Bad Hair Days 63
8 An Illuminating Problem 67
9 How to Measure Depth with a Stopwatch 74
10 Doing the Preface Problems 79
11 The Physics of Stacking Books 92
12 Communication Satellite Physics 103
13 Walking a Ladder Upright 110
14 Why Is the Sky Dark at Night? 115
15 How Some Things Float (or Don't) 126
16 A Reciprocating Problem 141
17 How to Catch a Baseball (or Not) 146
18 Tossing Balls and Shooting Bullets Uphill 153
19 Rapid Travel in a Great Circle Transit Tube 163
20 Hurtling Your Body through Space 177
21 The Path of a Punt 194
22 Easy Ways to Measure Gravity in Your Garage 200
23 Epilogue Newton's Gravity Calculation Mistake 218
Postscript 227
Acknowledgments
