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Physics For Entertainment: PHYSICS
This book is educational on physics,science.
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Published December 8, 2016
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Yakov Perelman
98 books127 followersYakov Isidorovich Perelman (Russian: Яков Исидорович Перельман; December 4, 1882 – March 16, 1942) was a Russian and Soviet science writer and author of many popular science books, including Physics Can Be Fun and Mathematics Can Be Fun (both translated from Russian into English).
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March 21, 2020
A must-read for any physics lover, especially those who are young.
I have a lot of fond memories with this book. I first read it when I was at junior high school. The contents are really interesting, and the author is a true master of explaining things. I remember back then I had a close friend, who also loved math and physics so badly. I would read the book and days later discuss with him what I read. We spent a lot of time to dive into those topics and see ourselves grown over such discussions.
Perelman is a master of writing general science for the public. In this book, he posed intriguing question, showed how our common sense may deceive us, and help us to gradually build a strong foundation of physics as well as critical thinking.
At 14, I was accepted to my country's most prestigious specialized school of physics for high school students. I think it was partly thanks to this book. Later, I learned that many of my classmates are also Perelman's readers. In one account, even the prominent physics professor Dam Thanh Son, the 19th person to hold the University Professorship at University of Chicago, revealed that this book is one of the first books that raised the love for physics in him.
Fun fact: Grigori Perelman, the mathematician who famously decline Fields Medal, probably started his scientific career with books like this one. Here is an excerpt from book description on Amazon.com: "Physics for Entertainment was translated from Russian into many languages and influenced science students around the world. Among them was Grigori Yakovlevich Perelman, the Russian mathematician (unrelated to the author), who solved the Poincaré conjecture, and who was awarded and rejected the Fields Medal. Grigori’s father, an electrical engineer, gave him Physics for Entertainment to encourage his son’s interest in mathematics."
So, if you want to get some good time with physics, just for entertainment, this book is highly recommended. If you know some young fellows (grade-school pupils, maybe) who may consider a career in physics, this book is also highly recommended. It is the best book I've ever known, to foster a love for physics in its readers.
I have a lot of fond memories with this book. I first read it when I was at junior high school. The contents are really interesting, and the author is a true master of explaining things. I remember back then I had a close friend, who also loved math and physics so badly. I would read the book and days later discuss with him what I read. We spent a lot of time to dive into those topics and see ourselves grown over such discussions.
Perelman is a master of writing general science for the public. In this book, he posed intriguing question, showed how our common sense may deceive us, and help us to gradually build a strong foundation of physics as well as critical thinking.
At 14, I was accepted to my country's most prestigious specialized school of physics for high school students. I think it was partly thanks to this book. Later, I learned that many of my classmates are also Perelman's readers. In one account, even the prominent physics professor Dam Thanh Son, the 19th person to hold the University Professorship at University of Chicago, revealed that this book is one of the first books that raised the love for physics in him.
Fun fact: Grigori Perelman, the mathematician who famously decline Fields Medal, probably started his scientific career with books like this one. Here is an excerpt from book description on Amazon.com: "Physics for Entertainment was translated from Russian into many languages and influenced science students around the world. Among them was Grigori Yakovlevich Perelman, the Russian mathematician (unrelated to the author), who solved the Poincaré conjecture, and who was awarded and rejected the Fields Medal. Grigori’s father, an electrical engineer, gave him Physics for Entertainment to encourage his son’s interest in mathematics."
So, if you want to get some good time with physics, just for entertainment, this book is highly recommended. If you know some young fellows (grade-school pupils, maybe) who may consider a career in physics, this book is also highly recommended. It is the best book I've ever known, to foster a love for physics in its readers.
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