03305nam 2200553 a 450 991097330310332120251117004000.00-8018-9170-11-4356-9213-6(CKB)1000000000720496(OCoLC)310117089(CaPaEBR)ebrary10256384(SSID)ssj0000114337(PQKBManifestationID)11139077(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000114337(PQKBWorkID)10124900(PQKB)10355181(MiAaPQ)EBC3318381(MdBmJHUP)muse2593(Au-PeEL)EBL3318381(CaPaEBR)ebr10256384(OCoLC)923192706(EXLCZ)99100000000072049620060804d2007 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrBrainteaser physics challenging physics puzzlers /Goran Grimvall1st ed.Baltimore Johns Hopkins University Press20071 online resource (173 p.) Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-8018-8512-4 Includes bibliographical references (p. [149]-155) and index.Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- 1 Ten Hits -- 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 -- 2 No Math Required -- Moving Backward? -- Heating Water -- Bright Lamps? -- Low Pressure -- Site for Harbor -- More Gas? -- High Tension -- Ocean Surface -- Mariotte's Bottle -- PROBLEMS -- SOLUTIONS -- 3 Are You Sure? -- 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 -- 4 Forces and Currents -- 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 -- 5 Not Exact but Still Relevant -- 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 -- 6 Challenges for Your Creativity -- 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 -- Further Reading -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y.With Brainteaser Physics, students and veteran physicists alike can sharpen their critical and creative thinking--and have fun at the same time.PhysicsMiscellaneaPhysics530Grimvall Göran47395MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910973303103321Brainteaser physics4541786UNINA