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| Physics For Dummies (For Dummies (Math & Science)) | 
 enlarge | Author: Steve Holzner
Publisher: For Dummies
Category: Book
List Price: $19.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  16 reviews
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 384
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.4
Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 7.4 x 1.1
ISBN: 0764554336
Dewey Decimal Number: 530
UPC: 785555107915
EAN: 9780764554339
Publication Date: November 28, 2004
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Product Description
Does just thinking about the laws of motion make your head spin? Does studying electricity short your circuits? Do the complexities of thermodynamics cool your enthusiasm? Thanks to this book, you don’t have to be Einstein to understand physics. As you read about Newton’s Laws, Kepler’s Laws, Hooke’s Law, Ohm’s Law, and others, you’ll appreciate the For Dummies law: The easier we make it, the faster people understand it and the more they enjoy it! Whether you’re taking a class, helping kids with homework, or trying to find out how the world works, this book helps you understand basic physics. It covers: - Measurements, units, and significant figures
- Forces such as displacement, speed, and acceleration
- Vectors and physics notation
- Motion, energy, and waves (sound, light, wave-particle)
- Solids, liquids, and gases
- Thermodynamics
- Electromagnetism
- Relativity
- Atomic and nuclear structures
Steven Holzner, Ph.D. earned his B.S. at MIT and his Ph.D. at Cornell, where he taught Physics 101 and 102 for over 10 years. He livens things up with cool physics facts, real-world examples, and simple experiments that will heighten your enthusiasm for physics and science. The book ends with some out-of-this world physics that will set your mind in motion: - The possibility of wormholes in space
- The Big Bang
- How the gravitational pull of black holes is too strong for even light to escape
May the Force be with you!
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| Customer Reviews: Read 11 more reviews...
it is an easy read and fun November 26, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is a totally diferent approach from the tranditional text book. It does give a better idea of physics world but not as indepth. If you just want to read for fun it is a much faster and fun and easier read.
 Thank God November 16, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I took physics for the first time last semester and had an aweful textbook. This book really helped me. It doesn't get fancy with deriving equations and junk like that. The best thing about this book is that is is CLEAR and TO THE POINT.
Another great title from the "Dummies!" October 15, 2008
Has been the only help for my daughter in physics class. She'd be lost without it.
 Not for dummies July 28, 2008
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
This book isn't really for people who aren't familiar with physics, it's a reference for people who've already learned physics to brush up on thing that might have slipped their minds. It's both comical and insulting in how it asserts that you should now understand some long equation after providing no explanation in English, no breakdown of how it works, no explanation for why some value must be squared or multiplied with another. A book like this should be accessible and explain concepts in terms ordinary curious dummies can understand. Instead it makes you feel uninvited and left out. Concepts of algebra, trigonometry and calculus are referenced numerous times but they have clearly gone out of their way to not offer any help if you're unfamiliar with the mathematical operations presumably to push three more Dummies books. Last I checked your typical dummy wasn't well versed in college level math. There are no secondary examples or practice problems, presumably to push the Physics Workbook for Dummies, and in that respect it doesn't even live up to the standards of a basic text book. I strongly advise against buying this book and urge people to read customer reviews before buying any other Dummies book in the near future.
Dummies? May 8, 2008
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
Well, I'm not a dummy but this book will make you check your past algebra skills.
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