Why Toast Lands Jelly-Side Down: Zen and the Art of Physics Demonstrations

by Robert Ehrlich

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691028877
• ISBN13: 9780691028873
• Release Date: March 1997
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.77 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.3"