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.
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