About this title: Lewis Carroll Epstein explains deep ideas in physics in an easy-to-understand way. "Thinking Physics" is a perfect beginner's guide to an amazingly wide range of physics-related questions. The book targets topics that science teachers and students spend time wondering about, like wing lift. Epstein elucidates the familiar but misunderstood -- such ...
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Insight Press, San Francisco, CA
Date Published: 2009
ISBN-13:9780935218084ISBN:0935218084
Description: Acceptable. Cover has some edge wear, creasing and rubbing with small tears at spine. Light soiling on sides of book. Slight corner creasing or edge wear. Some highlighting is present. Minor water damage but content intact. Former owner's name on FF. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Insight Press
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9780935218084ISBN:0935218084
Description: New. Brand New! Buy with confidence-your satisfaction is guaranteed at B-Logistics! Due to the large scale of our operation, we do not have access to the specific contents/condition of our items. Please note that Expedited shipping is not available at this time. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Insight Press, San Francisco, CA
Date Published: 1981
Description: Good. No Jacket. Ex-Library. 8vo-Between 7 3/4" and 9 3/4" 515 page book is in good condition with edgewear, scuffing of cover, discoloration on cover, library stamps on preface page, on page sides, and inside back cover along with the date due sheet and remains of the library card pocket. and library labels on front cover and spine. No DJ. This book tries to show you things you have not experienced by conceptualizing the more abstract physics and combining various aspects of known things. read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Insight Press (San Francisco, CA)
Date Published: 1989
ISBN-13:9780935218060ISBN:0935218068
Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. good condition clean pages fast shipping delivery with confirmation number. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. Audience: General/trade. standard shipping ohly. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Insight Pr
Date Published: 2002-08
ISBN-13:9780935218060ISBN:0935218068
Description: Good. Excellent customer service. May ship from alternate location depending on your zip code and availability. Satisfaction guaranteed! ! read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Insight Press
Date Published: 2004
ISBN-13:9780935218084ISBN:0935218084
Description: As New. No Jacket. Soft cover copyright 2004, Insight Press. Binding is tight and square, pages clean and unmarked. Book shows slightest shelf wear to edges. read more
Description: New. Lewis Carroll Epstein explains deep ideas in physics in an easy-to-understand way. Thinking Physics is a perfect beginners guide to an amazingly wide range of physics-related questions. The book targets topics that science teachers and students spend... read more
Edition: Ex-Library
Binding: H Custom Bound
Publisher: Insight Press, San Francisco, CA
Date Published: 1979
Description: Good. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall 262pp. Appears to be a custom laminated hardcover from the paperback edition, with a heavy-duty reinforced binding. No d/w. the call letters on the backstrip are under the laminate. The pages are clean and unmarked. The f.e. p and first few pages are slightly rippled. Serviceable. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Insight Editions
Date Published: 1985
ISBN-13:9780935218060ISBN:0935218068
Description: 22.4 x 14.5 x 3.6 cm. Second Edition. Condition good. Isbn 0-935218-06-8, 0935218068. Offers physics problems and solutions involving mechanics, fluids, vibration, light, electricity, magnetism, relativity, and quanta. read more
"My edition has a different subtitle, "Practical Lessons in Critical Thinking". Either way, Epstein has a gift to make the physical world understandable. Don't be scared off by the topic; each page is a little story of its own, and there are cartoons! The format presents an interesting fact situation and tests the reader's sense of what would happen. It reminds me of good mystery novels, where all the facts are in front of the reader yet the conclusion often remains for the ace detective to reveal. This is one of the best science books I have read."
"This is a great book for the scientifically dis-inclined, like myself. It's simple, fun and easy to understand, yet does an outstanding job explaining complex ideas. I'm a dummy though, so I had to buy a copy to keep around because I constantly have to reference it!"
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