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Title: The Handy Physics Answer Book by P. Erik Gundersen ISBN: 1-57859-058-2 Publisher: Visible Ink Pr Pub. Date: October, 1998 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $21.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.62 (8 reviews)
Rating: 2
Summary: OK for Children
Comment: This book might serve the need of elementary school children, but anyone with an introduction to physics will find the book to be of little use. There are hundreds of short (one paragraph) responses to all sorts of questions, some of them not much related to physics. At times the author wants to predict the future: What does the future hold for fusion? At times the author answers a question other than the one asked: Why do monkeys have tails? (The response is on the physical function of tails.)
Also there is little order to the text other than broad chapter headings. So if you have a question, the book provides little help in finding the answer.
Overall, a weak piece of bathroom reading.
Rating: 5
Summary: Handy. Physics. Answers.
Comment: What do Newton, Einstein, and "a typical kindergartner have in common? Aside from playing with their food and bad hair, they demonstrate a unique ability to ask deceptively simple questions..."
If you are wondering how cosmic inflation theory works, read cosmologist George Smoot's "Wrinkles in Time." If you are wondering about the weakness of perturbation theories or the strength of superstring theory, read theoretical physicist Brian Greene's "The Elegant Universe." If you want to know what quantum tunneling is, look it up in physicist John Gribbins' "Q is for Quantum." But --
If your "how does that work" questions are less abstract, perhaps like: why is the doorknob opposite the hinges on a door (?) or why is the sky blue (?) or -- for something slightly more advanced -- how might an electron be pushed as close as possible to light-speed (?), then pick up a copy of Gundersen's "Handy Physics Answer Book." A wonderful resource, the book is exactly what the title suggests. Interesting 'everyday' questions are posed, the kind of questions a young child might ask, but which most adults would struggle to answer. The answers follow, always in clear and concise language. It will be money well spent, Gundersen, a high school physics teacher, covers a lot of ground, and answers a lot of questions.
Rating: 5
Summary: Great book if you have general questions!
Comment: I have three of these books now and I continue to not be disappointed. These books help answer questions that you may not think about but as soon as you read them you end up saying to yourself "hmmm that's a good question"! This book is very cool to read and if you have any interest what so ever in Physics it will keep your attention for hours if you let it. Definitely not the type of book you would read cover to cover, it's more useful as a reference guide. I don't see why any college or high school student or anyone for that matter with an interest in Physics wouldn't have this book. It's a great buy and fun to read!
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Title: The Handy Science Answer Book: Revised & Expanded by James E. Bobick, Naomi E. Balaban, Science & Technology Department Carnegie ISBN: 1578591406 Publisher: Visible Ink Pr Pub. Date: October, 2002 List Price(USD): $21.95 |
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Title: The Handy Weather Answer Book by Walter A. Lyons ISBN: 0787610348 Publisher: Visible Ink Pr Pub. Date: September, 1997 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: The Handy Space Answer Book by Phillis Engelbert, Diane L. Dupuis, Neil de Grasse Tyson ISBN: 1578590175 Publisher: Visible Ink Pr Pub. Date: October, 1998 List Price(USD): $21.95 |
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Title: The Handy Geography Answer Book by Matthew Todd Rosenberg ISBN: 1578590620 Publisher: Visible Ink Pr Pub. Date: October, 1998 List Price(USD): $21.95 |
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Title: The Handy Religion Answer Book by John Renard ISBN: 1578591252 Publisher: Visible Ink Pr Pub. Date: September, 2001 List Price(USD): $21.95 |
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