For the Love of Physics : From the End of the Rainbow to the Edge of Time - A Journey Through the Wonders of Physics

by Walter Lewin; Warren Goldstein

• ISBN13: 9781439108277
• ISBN10: 1439108277
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2011-05-03
• Publisher: Free Press

Summary

Largely autobiographical account of the author's life as one who fell in love first with physics and then with teaching physics to students.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. ix
From the Nucleus to Deep Space	p. 1
Measurements, Uncertainties, and the Stars	p. 21
Bodies in Motion	p. 37
The Magic of Drinking with a Straw	p. 59
Over and Under-Outside and Inside-the Rainbow	p. 78
The Harmonies of Strings and Winds	p. 103
The Wonders of Electricity	p. 125
The Mysteries of Magnetism	p. 149
Energy Conservation-Plus ça change …	p. 168
X-rays from Outer Space!	p. 189
X-ray Ballooning, the Early Days	p. 200
Cosmic Catastrophes, Neutron Stars, and Black Holes	p. 217
Celestial Ballet	p. 235
X-ray Bursters!	p. 248
Ways of Seeing	p. 261
Acknowledgments	p. 273
	p. 277
	p. 279
Index	p. 285
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