02356nam a22003617a 4500 18754210 20230517083153.0 230517b |||||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d 2015031463 9780691166933 (hbk) (hardcover : alk. paper) 0691166935 (hardcover : alk. paper) OU/DLC eng KMU rda KMU pcc QC 21.3 Nah .N34 2016 Nahin, Paul J., author. In praise of simple physics : the science and mathematics behind everyday questions / Paul J. Nahin. Princeton ; Oxford : Princeton University Press, [2016] ©2016 xxiii, 241 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index. How's your math? -- The traffic light dilemma -- Energy from moving air -- Drag racing and (some) space station physics -- Merry-go-round physics and the tides -- Energy from moving water -- Using vectors to avoid a bad hair day -- An illuminating problem -- How to measure the depth of a deep, dark hole in the ground with a stopwatch -- Solving the preface challenge problems -- The physics of stacking books and of chain reactions -- Communication satellite physics -- Walking a ladder upright -- Why is the sky dark at night? -- How some things float (or don't) -- A reciprocating problem -- How to catch a baseball (or not) -- Tossing balls and shooting bullets up-hill -- Rapid travel in a great circle transit tube -- Hurtling your body through space -- The path of a punt -- Easy ways to measure gravity in your garage -- Epilogue -- Newton's gravity calculation mistake. Physics. Mathematical physics. Publisher description http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1603/2015031463-d.html Contributor biographical information https://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1611/2015031463-b.html Table of contents only https://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1613/2015031463-t.html 7 cbc orignew 1 ecip 20 y-gencatlg lcc BK 0 329 329 0 0 lcc 0 0 NFIC CPL CPL OA 2023-05-17 ZLS 0 QC 21.3 Nah 300357 2023-05-17 00:00:00 2023-05-17 BK