Brainteaser Physics: Challenging Physics Puzzlers.For the past 27 years, Grimvall, a professor of physics at the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, has authored the puzzle “Puzzle solving” redirects here. For the concept in Thomas Kuhn's philosophy of science, see normal science. A puzzle is a problem or enigma that challenges ingenuity. column in a Swedish journal for engineers. In this book, he seeks to expand his audience geographically and professionally by presenting 57 physics-themed brainteasers to a general readership read·er·ship n. 1. The readers of a publication considered as a group. 2. Chiefly British The office of a reader at a university. . Ever wonder whether it's better to walk or run to escape the rain? Or what your body's volume is? Grimvall presents these and other puzzles ranging from easy problems for physics novices to advanced quizzes for readers with technical backgrounds. Each problem's solution is included at the end of each chapter, along with Grimvall's comments on how physicists Below is a list of famous physicists. Many of these from the 20th and 21st centuries are found on the list of recipients of the Nobel Prize in physics. A
Hopkins 2. Univ. Press, 2007, 162 p, b&w illus., paperback, $23.00. |
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