Brainteaser Physics

Brainteaser Physics
Author: Göran Grimvall
Publisher: JHU Press
Total Pages: 184
Release: 2007-03-15
Genre: Games & Activities
ISBN: 9780801885112

Does a glass of ice water filled to the brim overflow when the ice melts? Does the energy inside a sauna increase when you heat it up? What's the best way to cool your coffee—adding the creamer first or last? These and other challenging puzzlers provide a fresh—and fun—approach to learning real physics. Presenting both classic and new problems, Brainteaser Physics challenges readers to use imagination and basic physics principles to find the answers. Göran Grimvall provides detailed and accessible explanations of the solutions, sometimes correcting the standard explanations, sometimes putting a new twist on them. He provides diagrams and equations where appropriate and ends each problem by discussing a specific concept or offering an extra challenge. With Brainteaser Physics, students and veteran physicists alike can sharpen their critical and creative thinking—and have fun at the same time.

The Physics of Rugby

The Physics of Rugby
Author: T. Lipscombe
Publisher: Nottingham University Press
Total Pages: 193
Release: 2009-09-01
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 1904761178

Blending simple physics with anecdotes from the world of rugby, this informative reference demonstrates how to improve rugby techniques. Tackling, passing, running, and kicking are analyzed from a scientific perspective, incorporating Newton’s Laws, and then discussed in the wider context of the game. This valuable guide will not only instruct but also entertain sports-oriented students of all levels.

The Great Book of Mind Teasers & Mind Puzzlers

The Great Book of Mind Teasers & Mind Puzzlers
Author: George J. Summers
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
Total Pages: 260
Release: 1986
Genre: Games & Activities
ISBN: 9780806963204

Huge collection of tantalizing logic puzzles offers hints when you're stuck, plus step-by-step solutions, imaginatively teaching problem-solving skills. "Will challenge and delight."--Mathematics Teacher. "Fun for puzzle fans of all ages."--Booklist. 256 pages, b/w illus. throughout, 5 3/8 x 7 3/4.

Colossal Book of Mathematics

Colossal Book of Mathematics
Author: Martin Gardner
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Total Pages: 748
Release: 2001
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 9780393020236

No amateur or math authority can be without this ultimate compendium of classic puzzles, paradoxes, and puzzles from America's best-loved mathematical expert. 320 line drawings.

Perplexing Puzzles and Tantalizing Teasers

Perplexing Puzzles and Tantalizing Teasers
Author: Martin Gardner
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 226
Release: 1988-05
Genre: Games & Activities
ISBN: 0486256375

Combines two previously published works, resulting in ninety-three brain-teasing puzzles, riddles, and questions with an emphasis on humor.

The Chicken From Minsk

The Chicken From Minsk
Author: Yuri B. Chernyak
Publisher:
Total Pages: 212
Release: 1995-05-05
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN:

The brainy and infuriatingly fun-to-solve problems that have kept the best Russian math and physics students biting their pencils as far back as the time of the czars.

The Physics Book

The Physics Book
Author: Clifford A. Pickover
Publisher: Union Square + ORM
Total Pages: 1054
Release: 2011-11-01
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1402790996

“A thrilling, fast-paced excursion through the history of physical discovery . . . from silly putty to string theory” (Dr. Paul Halpern, author of Collider). Following his previous volumes, The Science Book and The Math Book, acclaimed science writer Clifford Pickover returns with a richly illustrated chronology of physics, containing 250 short, entertaining, and thought-provoking entries. In addition to exploring such engaging topics as dark energy, parallel universes, the Doppler effect, the God particle, and Maxwells demon, The Physics Book extends back billions of years to the hypothetical Big Bang and forward trillions of years to a time of “quantum resurrection.” Like the previous titles in this series, The Physics Book offers a lively and accessible account of major concepts without getting bogged down in complex details.

Thinking Physics is Gedanken Physics

Thinking Physics is Gedanken Physics
Author: Lewis C. Epstein
Publisher: Insight Press (San Francisco, CA)
Total Pages: 604
Release: 1985
Genre: Science
ISBN:

En række spørgsmål med svar indenfor bl.a. el-lære, magnetisme, bevægelse, varme, væsker, lys, tyngdekraft, energi, svingninger og atomfysik. Bogen forudsætter viden om fysik

Quantum Quandaries

Quantum Quandaries
Author: National Science Teachers Association
Publisher: NSTA Press
Total Pages: 208
Release: 1996-02
Genre: Education
ISBN: 0873551362

Grade level: 9, 10, 11, 12, i, s.