If you're taking a basic course in classical physics, or have a healthy curiosity for the way things work in the physical world, the Illustrated Guide to Home Physics Experiments provides an ideal hands-on introduction to physics lab techniques and data analysis. With this book and a few simple (and inexpensive) tools and materials, you'll learn to conduct experiments that answer questions about our world, make demonstrations to show off physical principles, and do theoretical lab work to discover how the world works. Perfect for do-it-yourselfers, home-schooled high school students, and college students, this book will help you: Learn everything from the basics of motion all the way to particle physics - including energy, thermodynamics, magnetic fields, optics, and much more Take careful measurements of physical phenomena and conduct data analysis Build and perform physics demonstrations that are fascinating and fun Construct computer models to represent aspects of the physical world It's easy to get started. You can build most of the experiments and demonstrations in this book with ordinary household tools, using materials that you can scrounge, borrow, or get free. The most important thing is your willingness to enter the door of discovery that awaits you. The Illustrated Guide to Home Physics Experiments is your key.
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Dimensions: 200mm
Publication Date: 18 Sep 2012
Publisher: O'Reilly Media
Publication City/Country: United States
Language: English
ISBN13: 9781449334512
About Robert Bruce Thompson
Robert Bruce Thompson is a coauthor of Building the Perfect PC Astronomy Hacks and the Illustrated Guide to Astronomical Wonders. Thompson built his first computer in 1976 from discrete chips. It had 256 bytes of memory used toggle switches and LEDs for I/O ran at less than 1MHz and had no operating system. Since then he has bought built upgraded and repaired hundreds of PCs for himself employers customers friends and clients. Robert spends most clear moonless nights outdoors with his 10-inch Dobsonian reflector telescope and is currently designing a larger computerized truss-tube Dobsonian that he plans to build. Barbara Fritchman Thompson is with her husband Robert the co-author of numerous books about computers science and technology. With her Masters in Library Science and twenty years' experience as a public librarian Barbara is the research half of our writing team.