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This book is written in English and organized in a case–study fashion. It conveys an understanding and appreciation for physics by finding physics concepts and principles within the familiar objects of everyday experience. Because its structure is defined by real–life examples, this book necessarily discusses concepts as they′re needed and then revisits them later on when they reappear in other objects.
Lou Bloomfield is a highly dedicated teacher and one of the most popular professors at University of Virginia, and was the recipient of the 1998 State of Virginia Outstanding Faculty Award. Lou has given talks all over the country on teaching physics through everyday objects. He has extreme attention to detail and knowledge of technical physics. He is very tech savvy and has been able to provide many of the photos and illustrations for the text himself.
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Our skateboarder illustrates the same physics we′ll explore in the first two chapters of this book. Like someone who is skating (Section 1.1), he spends much of his time coasting forward because of his own inertia. But his recent trip up a ramp (Section 1.3) has lifted him high above the ground so that he is subject only to his weight–the downward pull of gravity–and travels in the arc of a falling ball (Section 1.2).
Of course, since both he and the board rotate like seesaws (Section 2.1) as they fall, landing safely is more than half the challenge. His concentration is a sure sign that he intends to ride the skateboard back down the slope on its friction–reducing wheels (Section 2.2) in another second or two. However, if he makes a mistake and collides with something, as he would in a bumper car(Section 2.3), it′s Reassuring to note that he′s warning a helmet.
If this all sounds rather ordinary, it′s because physics is ordinary. It′s everywhere you look. But understanding physics well will require some guidance and thought, so it′s time to venture inside this book.
The purpose of this book is to broaden your perspectives on familiar objects and situations by helping you understand the physical processes that make them work. Read the first page
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