Physics has the reputation of being difficult to understand and
remote from everyday life. Robert Ehrlich, however, has spent much
of his career disproving these stereotypes. In the long-awaited
sequel to "Turning the World Inside Out and 175 Other Simple
Physics Demonstrations," he provides a new collection of physics
demonstrations and experiments that prove that physics can, in
fact, be "made simple." Intentionally using "low tech" and
inexpensive materials from everyday life, "Why Toast Lands
Jelly-Side Down" makes key principles of physics surprisingly easy
to understand.
After laying out the basic principles of what constitutes a
successful demonstration, Ehrlich provides more than 100 examples.
Some of the more intriguing include: Terminal Velocity of Falling
Coffee Filters; Spinning a Penny; Dropping Two Rolls of Toilet
Paper; Avalanches in a Sand Pile; When to Add the Cream to Your
Coffee; Deep Knee Bends on a Bathroom Scale; Recoil Force on a Bent
Straw; Swinging Your Arms While Walking; Estimating the Net Force
on a Moving Book; and, of course, Why Toast Lands Jelly-Side
Down.
The book begins with a practical introduction on how to design
physics demonstrations. The benefits of designing one's own "demos"
are numerous, but primary among them is an increased understanding
of basic physics. For many people who teach the principles of
physics, demonstrations seem dauntingly complex, filled with
hard-to-find equipment and too many possibilities for failure. The
demonstrations described in this book are exactly the opposite.
Ehrlich describes them with characteristic candor: "You can fit
many of them in your pocket, bring them to your class without any
set-up required, and best of all, you need not fear that your demo
will more likely illustrate Murphy's laws rather than
Newton's."
For anyone with even the slightest interest in physics, "Why
Toast Lands Jelly-Side Down" is filled with learning opportunities.
For everyone who is studying physics or teaching the subject at any
level, from amateur scientists to professional teachers, it is an
essential resource.
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