San Antonio College Library

"If you ever regretted not taking physics in college--or simply want to know how to think like a physicist--this is the book for you. In this bestselling introduction, physicist Leonard Susskind and hacker-scientist George Hrabovsky offer a first course in physics and associated math for the ardent amateur. Challenging, lucid, and concise, The Theoretical Minimum provides a tool kit for amateur scientists to learn physics at their own pace."--Amazon.com. "The...

In an easily accessible style, this book presents the most interesting physics concepts that have meaning in our daily lives. Filled with intriguing and unusual examples, the book explores a historical progression, from classical physics to quantum mechanics and relativity. This book also gives insight into physics through minimal scientific jargon. For example, readers learn the physics behind dimples on golf balls, 3D movies, refrigerators, and...

Balibar examines twelve problems spanning the frontiers of physics, and he devotes a chapter to each issue. --from publisher description.

What keeps us going, physists and other people. Hard boiled eggs with Inertia. Apple gravity pancakes. ...

Explains string theory, quantum mechanics, parallel universes and the beginning of time in a conversational, easy-to-understand way and answers enduring questions about life on other planets and breaking the light-speed barrier.

"Why do polished stones look wet? How does the Twin Paradox work? What if Jupiter were a star? How can we be sure that pi never repeats? How does a quantum computer break encryption? This fascinating book presents a collection of articles based on conversations and correspondences between the author and complete strangers about physics and math. Rather than unnecessarily complex explanations mired in mysterious terminology and symbols, the reader...

Explains the fundamental principles of relativity, describing such aspects of the theory as black holes, curvature of spacetime, and singularity, as well as its practical applications in everyday life. "It is commonly assumed that if the Sun suddenly turned into a black hole, it would suck Earth and the rest of the planets into oblivion. Yet, as prominent author and astrophysicist Jeffrey Bennett points out, black holes don't suck. With that simple...

"Reading Popular Physics is a valuable contribution to our understanding of the nature and implications of physics popularizations. A literary critic trained in science, Elizabeth Leane treats popular science writing as a distinct and significant genre, focusing particularly on five bestselling books: Stephen Hawking's A Brief History of Time, Steven Weinberg's The First Three Minutes, James Gleick's Chaos, M. Mitchell Waldrop's Complexity, and Gary...