No Wonder You Wonder!
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-319-21679-9 (ISBN)
This book explores and explains scientific mysteries and principles, leavened with tongue-in-cheek humor and an abundance of illustrations. Chapters are short, but give an understanding of technology and science not available elsewhere. Questions include:
- What holds a satellite up while it goes around the Earth?
- Why is the sky (made out of clear air!) blue instead of green, or just black as night like the sky that high altitude jumper Felix Baumgartner saw?
- How is laser light different from "normal" light?
- Did Columbus really discover that the Earth is round?- Which one invention will assuredly survive our civilization?
- Why can't you travel back in time?
If you often feel embarrassed because you don't have a clue about lasers, the difference between volts, amps and watts, or how jet planes really work - but you would like to understand the physical principles of our modern world, whether you're a teen or a parent -this book is for you!
To understand the basics of quantum mechanics, or of protons, neutrons and electrons, you don't need algebra, calculus,or a lot of equations or technical buzzwords. Too many people have been soured on science by science teachers who have made simple concepts seem complex. This book is the antidote: all it requires is your curiosity.Advance praise for No Wonder You Wonder!:
"From beginning to end, and with laugh after laugh, I enjoyed every single word of this remarkable book. Phipps is a hell of a good writer, and the kind of physics teacher that I would have loved as a young student. No Wonder You Wonder can be engrossing for anyone with a bit of curiosity, not just the scientific minded." - Christophe Bonnal, Chief Engineer, CNES (French Space Agency)
"No Wonder You Wonder is a fa
ntastic book. Covering topics such as space, matter, and the energy within the universe, this book does an excellent job of clarifying these topics. It's a great read for young scientists and aspiring physicists." - August R., high school freshmanBack in 1961, I decided on a career in science rather than history after hearing President Kennedy announce that we were going to the Moon. I am fascinated by all aspects of science, and a specialist in optics, plasma physics and laser-produced plasmas. I have B.S. and M.S. degrees from MIT and a Ph.D. from Stanford in electrical engineering, have worked in various National Labs for many years, and later formed my own company, Photonic Associates, in Santa Fe. While I am actually a “rocket scientist,” having designed and built laser driven plasma engines for spacecraft, I firmly believe that you don’t have to complete Grade 24 to understand how things work. Ernest Rutherford said “if you can’t explain your physics to a barmaid, it’s probably not very good physics,” and I agree with that sentiment. I want to help you get over your fear of numbers and science. Read this book and see if I’ve been successful!.
Section I - Basics.- Preface.- Einstein Said.- Numbers.- Magic numbers.- Intro: Weird.- Metric system.- Exponentials.- Section II - Who Did it First?.- Preface.- China.- Greece.- Rome.- Islamic Science.- Section III - Modern Science and Engineering.- Preface.- Modern Science.- Blue/black sky .- Machines.- Lighter than Air Flight.- Electricity.- Robot Flight.- Jet Planes.- Rockets and Satellites.- Electromagnetic waves.- Electronics and Computers.- Biology.- Optics.- Lasers.- Nucleonics.- Section IV - Odds and Ends.- Religion.- Everything Else.
"Phipps' new book is kind of a rarity in the Springer list, which specializes in very academic and technical subjects ... . In the 331 pages, chock full of historical and contemporary prints, cartoons, photographs and charts and a number of illustrations by Friedelwolf Wicke, an Austrian collaborator, I could not find a dull moment in this compendium of instructive blurbs, insights, digressions and hard-won historical truths." (Roger Snodgrass, Los Alamos Daily Post, ladailypost.com, October, 2016)
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 12.10.2015 |
|---|---|
| Illustrationen | Friedel Wicke |
| Zusatzinfo | XVIII, 331 p. 289 illus., 233 illus. in color. |
| Verlagsort | Cham |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 155 x 235 mm |
| Gewicht | 667 g |
| Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Naturwissenschaft |
| Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Allgemeines / Lexika | |
| Technik ► Luft- / Raumfahrttechnik | |
| Schlagworte | Basic Science Explained • basic technology Explained • Explaining Everyday Science • Explaining the Grandfather Paradox • How Do Planes Fly • How Technology works • Magnets - How Do They Work? • Why is the Sky Blue |
| ISBN-10 | 3-319-21679-1 / 3319216791 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-3-319-21679-9 / 9783319216799 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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