Geek Physics : Surprising Answers to the Planet's Most Interesting Questions

Rhett Allain

ISBN 10: 1681620499 / ISBN 13: 9781681620497

Verlag: Turner Publishing Company Apr 2015, 2015

Beschreibung

Neuware - Rhett Allain writes the popular Dot Physics blog for Wired and in this book he takes a longer, smarter look at his most popular topics, from the purely fun (How much bubble wrap would you need to safely jump off a 6th floor building ) to the completely mind-boggling (Why does a mirror reverse left to light, but not top to bottom ).Allain is a physics professor and he's become very good at finding physics questions buried in the latest movie, video game, viral video or news hook. Each chapter will not only cover interesting subjects like lightsabers and McDonald's drive-thrus, but use those questions to teach readers basic physics concepts. He'll explore questions like: Is Angry Birds using real physics Does a heavier truck make a better snow plow What if everyone on earth jumped at the same I time How many dollar bills would it take to stack them to the moon Often the way he gets to the answer is more interesting than the answer itself.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 9781681620497

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: Geek Physics : Surprising Answers to the Planet's Most Interesting Questions
• Verlag: Turner Publishing Company Apr 2015
• Erscheinungsjahr: 2015
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 1681620499
• ISBN-13: 9781681620497
• Einband: Buch
• Zustand: Neu

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Inhaltsangabe

Have you ever wondered whether a human could really fly with wings like a bird’s? What about how many zombies you could actually drive through? Or whether airplanes could save fuel by using iPads instead of paper safety manuals? How about whether Superman could really punch someone into space?

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?

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Rhett Allain an Associate Professor of Physics at Southeastern Louisiana University and a popular Dot Physics blogger at Wired Science Blogs. 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. He lives in Louisiana.