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Fly by Night Physics: How Physicists Use the Backs of Envelopes

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By (author): Anthony Zee

The essential primer for physics students who want to build their physical intuition

Presented in A. Zee's incomparably engaging style, this book introduces physics students to the practice of using physical reasoning and judicious guesses to get at the crux of a problem. An essential primer for advanced undergraduates and beyond, Fly by Night Physics reveals the simple and effective techniques that researchers use to think through a problem to its solutionor failing that, to smartly guess the answerbefore starting any calculations.

In typical physics classrooms, students seek to master an enormous toolbox of mathematical methods, which are necessary to do the precise calculations used in physics. Consequently, students often develop the unfortunate impression that physics consists of well-defined problems that can be solved with tightly reasoned and logical steps. Idealized textbook exercises and homework problems reinforce this erroneous impression. As a result, even the best students can find themselves completely unprepared for the challenges of doing actual research.

In reality, physics is replete with back of the envelope estimates, order of magnitude guesses, and fly by night leaps of logic. Including exciting problems related to cutting-edge topics in physics, from Hawking radiation to gravity waves, this indispensable book will help students more deeply understand the equations they have learned and develop the confidence to start flying by night to arrive at the answers they seek. For instructors, a solutions manual is available upon request.

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Product Details
  • Dimensions: 178 x 254mm
  • Publication Date: 27 Oct 2020
  • Publisher: Princeton University Press
  • Publication City/Country: United States
  • Language: English
  • ISBN13: 9780691182544

About Anthony Zee

A. Zee is professor of physics at the Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics at the University of California Santa Barbara. His many books include On Gravity Group Theory in a Nutshell for Physicists Einstein Gravity in a Nutshell Quantum Field Theory in a Nutshell and Fearful Symmetry (all Princeton).

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