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For the Love of Physics: From the End of the Rainbow to the Edge of Time – A Journey Through the Wonders of Physics

For the Love of Physics: From the End of the Rainbow to the Edge of Time – A Journey Through the Wonders of Physics

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In For the Love of Physics, beloved MIT professor Walter Lewin, whose riveting physics lectures made him a YouTube super-star, takes readers on a remarkably fun, inventive, and often wacky journey that brings the joys of physics to life.

“For the Love of Physics captures Walter Lewin’s extraordinary intellect, passion for physics, and brilliance as a teacher”—Bill Gates.

For more than thirty years as a renowned professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Lewin’s lectures made physics not only accessible but fun, whether putting his head in the path of a wrecking ball, supercharging himself with three hundred thousand volts of electricity, or demonstrating why the sky is blue and clouds are white. In For the Love of Physics, Lewin takes readers on a marvelous journey, opening our eyes as never before to the wonders of physics and its amazing ability to reveal the beauty and power embedded in our world.

Could it be true that we are shorter standing up than lying down? Why can we snorkel no deeper than about one foot below the surface? Why are the colors of a rainbow always in the same order, can we stretch a hand out and touch one?

Using superbly clear and simple explanations of phenomena we’ve always wondered about, such as what the big bang would have sounded like had anyone existed to hear it, Lewin surprises and delights with physics-based answers to even the most elusive questions.

Whether showing us that a flea is strong enough to pull a heavy book across a table, or describing the coolest, weirdest facts about the tiniest bits of matter, Lewin always entertains as he edifies. “For me,” Lewin writes, “physics is a way of seeing—the spectacular and the mundane, the immense and the minute—as a beautiful, thrillingly interwoven whole.” For the Love of Physics is a rare gem that will change the way readers see the world.

Editore ‏ : ‎ Free Press (7 febbraio 2012)
Lingua ‏ : ‎ Inglese
Copertina flessibile ‏ : ‎ 324 pagine
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 145160713X
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1451607130
Peso articolo ‏ : ‎ 234 g
Dimensioni ‏ : ‎ 3 x 13.9 x 21.4 cm

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For the Love of Physics: From the End of the Rainbow to the Edge of Time – A Journey Through the Wonders of Physics
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In For the Love of Physics, beloved MIT professor Walter Lewin, whose riveting physics lectures made him a YouTube super-star, takes readers on a remarkably fun, inventive, and often wacky journey that brings the joys of physics to life.

“For the Love of Physics captures Walter Lewin’s extraordinary intellect, passion for physics, and brilliance as a teacher”—Bill Gates.

For more than thirty years as a renowned professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Lewin’s lectures made physics not only accessible but fun, whether putting his head in the path of a wrecking ball, supercharging himself with three hundred thousand volts of electricity, or demonstrating why the sky is blue and clouds are white. In For the Love of Physics, Lewin takes readers on a marvelous journey, opening our eyes as never before to the wonders of physics and its amazing ability to reveal the beauty and power embedded in our world.

Could it be true that we are shorter standing up than lying down? Why can we snorkel no deeper than about one foot below the surface? Why are the colors of a rainbow always in the same order, can we stretch a hand out and touch one?

Using superbly clear and simple explanations of phenomena we’ve always wondered about, such as what the big bang would have sounded like had anyone existed to hear it, Lewin surprises and delights with physics-based answers to even the most elusive questions.

Whether showing us that a flea is strong enough to pull a heavy book across a table, or describing the coolest, weirdest facts about the tiniest bits of matter, Lewin always entertains as he edifies. “For me,” Lewin writes, “physics is a way of seeing—the spectacular and the mundane, the immense and the minute—as a beautiful, thrillingly interwoven whole.” For the Love of Physics is a rare gem that will change the way readers see the world.

Editore ‏ : ‎ Free Press (7 febbraio 2012)
Lingua ‏ : ‎ Inglese
Copertina flessibile ‏ : ‎ 324 pagine
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 145160713X
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1451607130
Peso articolo ‏ : ‎ 234 g
Dimensioni ‏ : ‎ 3 x 13.9 x 21.4 cm

13 recensioni per For the Love of Physics: From the End of the Rainbow to the Edge of Time – A Journey Through the Wonders of Physics

  1. Turi Cane –

    A tribute to Physics
    If you already love Physics, you will love this book as well. If you don’t (yet), this book (and Lewin’s lectures on YouTube) will make you 🙂

  2. Avinash vikatakavi –

    Beautiful explanation of physics with perfect examples.
    Book from the best professor. Wonderful and I enjoy reading it.

  3. S.Suffiotti Z. –

    Eccellente
    Sicuramente tra i migliori testi di divulgazione scientifica che abbia letto, al pari di classici come Feynman e Hawking.

  4. Norbert Dapunt –

    Arrivato prima del previsto..
    Straordinario, semplice e bellissimo.

  5. Andrea Biffi –

    Un mago
    Emozionante! Per chiunque ami la fisica e per chi non l’ha mai amata! Walter Lewin è un mago nel raccontare la fisica.

  6. Simone Thoth –

    For the Love of Physics – Walter Lewin
    Walter Lewin è il professore che riesce a spiegare ed a far amare la fisica

  7. giuseppe.m –

    Libro di W. Lewin, credo non ci sia altro da aggiungere! Spedizione rapidissima!
    Libro di Walter Lewin, credo non ci sia altro da aggiungere! Spedizione rapidissima! Consigliatissimo!Sono molto soddisfatto dell’acquisto, ottimo anche per imparare l’inglese.

  8. Giacomo –

    Written in order to make you love physics
    You simply won’t find any other professor like Walter Lewin. Very nice book, if you like it I suggest you watch some of his lessons on the internet.

  9. Vinit desai –

    I would say everything in this book is explained beautifully, this is the beauty of this book.

  10. Lilian –

    O livro tem um vocabulário fácil e interessante. Ensina os princípios da Física de uma forma divertida, que capta a atenção do leitor. RECOMENDO!

  11. Mauricio Callejas –

    Buen libro para introducir o interesar a las mente jóvenes al mundo de la física. Llegó en buen estado y bastante rápido.

  12. Jean Francois Flamee –

    Il s’agit d’un livre rédigé en anglais. C’est l’opportunité d’apprendre ou de se perfectionner en anglais, une langue indispensable en technique au 21ème siècle. L’auteur est un brillant professeur du MIT (USA) dont la pédagogie d’enseignement est exemplaire et unanimement reconnue. Si vous voulez découvrir en des mots simples les beautés cachées de la physique du monde qui nous entoure, alors vous apprécierez la lecture de ce livre et les beautés du monde qui nous entoure ne vous apparaîtra plus de la même façon car vous en aurez découvert la beauté cachée.

  13. M. Taplin –

    His Lectures on YouTube were superb, I have to use the past tense because certain historical complaints were made and predictable but hysterical and Nazi like repercussions ensued against him. His lectures were taken down and he was as guilty as the blackest villain ever known. (At a stage that in Law there had been no test of evidence no trial full stop)In my opinion now the dust is settling can I ask for an historical perspective be taken of his monumental contribution to knowledge and especially the joy of physics, will “his” university rehabilitate him before he dies?

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