Physics for Entertainment

Published in 1913, a best-seller in the 1930s and long out of print, Physics for Entertainment was...
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Author: Yakov Perelman
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Language: English
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Physics for Entertainment by Perelman, Yakov

Physics for Entertainment

CHF 29.61

Physics for Entertainment

CHF 29.61
Author: Yakov Perelman
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Published in 1913, a best-seller in the 1930s and long out of print, Physics for Entertainment was translated from Russian into many languages and influenced science students around the world. Among them was Grigori Yakovlevich Perelman, the Russian mathematician (unrelated to the author), who solved the Poincar conjecture, and who was awarded and rejected the Fields Medal. Grigori's father, an electrical engineer, gave him Physics for Entertainment to encourage his son's interest in mathematics. In the foreword, the book's author describes the contents as "conundrums, brain-teasers, entertaining anecdotes, and unexpected comparisons," adding, "I have quoted extensively from Jules Verne, H. G. Wells, Mark Twain and other writers, because, besides providing entertainment, the fantastic experiments these writers describe may well serve as instructive illustrations at physics classes." The book's topics included how to jump from a moving car, and why, "according to the law of buoyancy, we would never drown in the Dead Sea." Ideas from this book are still used by science teachers today.

Author: Yakov Perelman
Publisher: Prodinnova
Published: 05/11/2011
Pages: 334
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.99lbs
Size: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.70d
ISBN: 9782917260074

About the Author
Yakov Isidorovich Perelman (December 4, 1882 - March 16, 1942) was a Russian and Soviet science writer and author of many popular science books.


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