The Handy Physics Answer Book

The Handy Answer Book

by P. Erik Gundersen

What do Sir Isaac Newton, Albert Einstein and a typical kindergartner have in common? Aside from playing with their food and bad hair, they demonstrate a unique ability to ask deceptively simple Why do objects fall? Why do monkeys have tails? What is the lowest possible temperature? No chalkboards... we promise! Until now the problem with understanding physics has always been in the answers. Fortunately, you don't need to be a genius (or a parent) to gain a fundamental understanding of physics, thanks to The Handy Physics Answer Book. Here you'll find more than 800 deceptively simple questions accompanied by a similar number of relatively simple answers. (Okay, keep your pocket protector in place - there's plenty here to challenge even the most avid amateur physicist.) Gravity... magnetism... matter... light - the whole shebang - it's a piece of cosmic cake with The Handy Physics Answer Book!

Genres: Science, Reference, Physics, Nonfiction

415 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 1998

Reviews

[Kara · Rating 3 out of 5]

Best for an advanced middle-grade or early high school student curious to know more about the world around them. A fun grab bag of facts, but a little outdated (this was published back in the good old days when Pluto was still considered a planet!). Best for flipping through at random or searching out answers on specific topics, but difficult to read all the way through because of the format.

[Amy C. · Rating 5 out of 5]

As an upcoming junior who is scheduled to take AP Physics, this book enlightened me in all facets of the abstruse scientific field, exploiting me to the inexplicable marvels of the universe in a gentle and educational manner.

[Kayoc · Rating 4 out of 5]

A fun read. The information was put into fairly easy to understand language. Lots of photos and examples which helped also.

[Shiva · Rating 3 out of 5]

I was gifted this book five years ago.I first vaguely glanced through and was very impressed/ curious because of it's compilation of simple questions that we often ask and wonder in our day to day lives relating to physics but are not quite easily answerable... The answers were very defined, short and briefly explained concepts.Made me more informed in a short period of time.

But the book will captivate you only if you are a beginner.It has nothing much to offer an advanced reader.lacking explanations for higher concepts, in depth working principles makes the book very basic.


According to me,
A great book only for kids interested in physics and folks who want to start with physics.

[M · Rating 2 out of 5]

Thought I 'd check myself on the knowledge of physics!! LOL

[Brandon Donnellon · Rating 2 out of 5]

I am involved with books so advanced it made me dislike reading it. It is probably a book that the masses could like but it was physics I knew 15 years ago. For any beginners it may help to read it.

[Zainab · Rating 5 out of 5]

لن أمل من قراءته دورياً !! جميل جدا

[Suaad Alsaggaf · Rating 5 out of 5]

i wished i read it at my first semester in physics.
Focus in simple way on the basic information and those what relates to life.

[Firas Ghomraoui · Rating 5 out of 5]

My favorite physics book while growing up...

[Belle Meade School]

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[Pauline Rouse · Rating 5 out of 5]

Holy Hell. I love it.