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Brainteaser Physics

Challenging Physics Puzzlers

By: Goeran Grimvall

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Paperback | 14 May 2007

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176 Pages

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Does a glass of ice water filled to the brim overflow when the ice melts? Does the energy inside a sauna increase when you heat it up? What's the best way to cool your coffee -- adding the creamer first or last? These and other challenging puzzlers provide a fresh -- and fun -- approach to learning real physics. Presenting both classic and new problems, Brainteaser Physics challenges readers to use imagination and basic physics principles to find the answers. G+ran Grimvall provides detailed and accessible explanations of the solutions, sometimes correcting the standard explanations, sometimes putting a new twist on them. He provides diagrams and equations where appropriate and ends each problem by discussing a specific concept or offering an extra challenge.With Brainteaser Physics, students and veteran physicists alike can sharpen their critical and creative thinking -- and have fun at the same time.

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""I found it hard to put down... A useful resource for Physics teachers and lecturers. The puzzles are interesting, and the explanations and mathematics very clear.""

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Non-Fiction Science Physics Hobbies, Games & Puzzles Puzzles & Quizzes Mathematics

Preface	p. vii
Ten Hits	p. 1
Dinghy in Pool
Ice in Water
Accident in Aqueduct
Floating Candle
Running in the Rain
Reaching Out
Resistor Cube
One, Two, Three, Infinity
Lost Energy
Simple Timetable
Problems
Solutions
No Math Required	p. 31
Moving Backward?
Heating Water
Bright Lamps?
Low Pressure
Site for Harbor
More Gas?
High Tension
Ocean Surface
Mariotte's Bottle
Problems
Solutions
Are You Sure?	p. 55
Bicycle on a Rope
Boats in a Lock
Humming Transformer
What Is the Charge?
Two Wooden Blocks
Shot in a Pot
Filling a Barrel
Tube with Sand
Sauna Energy
Slapstick
Problems
Solutions
Forces and Currents	p. 79
Separated Boxes
Dropped Books
The Egg of Columbus
Helium or Hydrogen in the Balloon?
Lightbulb Found in a Drugstore?
Bright or Dark?
Yin and Yang
Rise and Fall of a Ball
Elevator Accident
Problems
Solutions
Not Exact but Still Relevant	p. 108
What Is Your Volume?
On the Move
Shot Put and Pole Vault
Record Stadium
Grains of Sand
Cooling Coffee
Time for Contact
Socrates' Blood
Problems
Solutions
Challenges for Your Creativity	p. 127
Iron Bars
Faulty Balance
Greek Geometry
The Sugar Box
The Catenary
False Impressions
Testing the Hammer
Which Way?
Three Switches
Pulse Beats
Fake Energy Statistics
Problems
Solutions
Coda	p. 146
Further Reading	p. 149
Index	p. 157
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Brainteaser Physics

Challenging Physics Puzzlers

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Paperback

Industry Reviews

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