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مرحبًا بكم في هذا الكتابِ الرائع؛ حيث تكونُ الفقراتُ الاستعراضيةُ الخطيرةُ والحِيلُ البارعةُ والغرائبُ والخُدعُ المثيرةُ جزءًا من الحياةِ اليومية. لَستم بحاجةٍ إلى تَذكِرةِ دخول؛ كلُّ ما تحتاجونه هو أن تنظروا إلى العالَمِ من حولِكم لتَكشفوا النِّقابَ عن هذه الخُدعِ الفيزيائيةِ المذهلة.
سوف نقابلُ رجلًا يستطيعُ أن يَسحبَ سيارةَ رُكابٍ بحبلٍ بين أسنانِه، ونشاهدُ أفعى ميتةً ولكنها لا تزالُ تَلدَغ، ونكتشفُ أسرارَ خُدعةِ الساحرِ الذي يَفصلُ الرأسَ عن الجسد. وسنعرفُ إجاباتِ أسئلةٍ من قَبيل: هل يُمكنُك أن تُضرِمَ النيرانَ باستخدامِ الجليد؟ إذا تعرَّضتَ إلى سقوطٍ داخلَ مقصورةِ المِصعَد، أفينبغي عليك أن تَقفزَ في اللحظةِ الأخيرةِ أم تَستلقيَ على الأرضية؟ كيف يُولِّدُ سَمكُ الأنقليس الرَّعادُ مَجالًا كهربائيًّا؟ ما سببُ حدوثِ السَّراب؟ لماذا تَلمعُ النجوم؟ هل يُمكنُك أن تَقودَ سيارةً على السَّقف؟ والمزيدِ من الأسئلةِ الأخرى التي سنجدُ إجاباتِها بين دفَّتَي هذا الكتاب.
سوف نقابلُ رجلًا يستطيعُ أن يَسحبَ سيارةَ رُكابٍ بحبلٍ بين أسنانِه، ونشاهدُ أفعى ميتةً ولكنها لا تزالُ تَلدَغ، ونكتشفُ أسرارَ خُدعةِ الساحرِ الذي يَفصلُ الرأسَ عن الجسد. وسنعرفُ إجاباتِ أسئلةٍ من قَبيل: هل يُمكنُك أن تُضرِمَ النيرانَ باستخدامِ الجليد؟ إذا تعرَّضتَ إلى سقوطٍ داخلَ مقصورةِ المِصعَد، أفينبغي عليك أن تَقفزَ في اللحظةِ الأخيرةِ أم تَستلقيَ على الأرضية؟ كيف يُولِّدُ سَمكُ الأنقليس الرَّعادُ مَجالًا كهربائيًّا؟ ما سببُ حدوثِ السَّراب؟ لماذا تَلمعُ النجوم؟ هل يُمكنُك أن تَقودَ سيارةً على السَّقف؟ والمزيدِ من الأسئلةِ الأخرى التي سنجدُ إجاباتِها بين دفَّتَي هذا الكتاب.
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912 pages, ebook
First published January 1, 1975
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About the author
Jearl Walker
282 books11 followersJearl Walker (born 1945 in Florida) is a physicist noted for his book Flying Circus of Physics, first published in 1975; the second edition was published in June 2006. He teaches physics at Cleveland State University.
Walker has also revised and edited the textbook Fundamentals of Physics with David Halliday and Robert Resnick.
Walker is a well known popularizer of physics, and appeared several times on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson. Walker is known for his physics demonstrations, which have included sticking his hand in molten lead, walking barefoot over hot coals, lying on a bed of nails, and pouring freezing-cold liquid nitrogen in his mouth to demonstrate various principles of physics. Such demonstrations are included in his PBS series, Kinetic Karnival, produced by WVIZ in Cleveland, Ohio.
Walker authored The Amateur Scientist column in Scientific American magazine from 1978 to 1988. During the latter part of this period, he had been the Chairman of the Physics Department at Cleveland State University. He appeared regularly around this time on the long-running CBC radio science program Quirks and Quarks.
He is the first recipient of the Outstanding Teaching Award from Cleveland State's College of Science. The College's Faculty Affairs Committee selected Walker as the first honoree based on his contributions to science education over the last 30 years. In future years, the award will be named "The Jearl Walker Outstanding Teaching Award". The award was presented in a ceremony on April 29, 2005.
Walker graduated with a degree in physics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1967. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Maryland in 1973.
Walker has also revised and edited the textbook Fundamentals of Physics with David Halliday and Robert Resnick.
Walker is a well known popularizer of physics, and appeared several times on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson. Walker is known for his physics demonstrations, which have included sticking his hand in molten lead, walking barefoot over hot coals, lying on a bed of nails, and pouring freezing-cold liquid nitrogen in his mouth to demonstrate various principles of physics. Such demonstrations are included in his PBS series, Kinetic Karnival, produced by WVIZ in Cleveland, Ohio.
Walker authored The Amateur Scientist column in Scientific American magazine from 1978 to 1988. During the latter part of this period, he had been the Chairman of the Physics Department at Cleveland State University. He appeared regularly around this time on the long-running CBC radio science program Quirks and Quarks.
He is the first recipient of the Outstanding Teaching Award from Cleveland State's College of Science. The College's Faculty Affairs Committee selected Walker as the first honoree based on his contributions to science education over the last 30 years. In future years, the award will be named "The Jearl Walker Outstanding Teaching Award". The award was presented in a ceremony on April 29, 2005.
Walker graduated with a degree in physics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1967. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Maryland in 1973.
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October 26, 2022
10/22
Previewed for possible library purchase, to help 8th graders who don’t yet have the math but are interested in the science. I looked at an OLD copy, and it was just not attractive as an eye-catcher. And the problems were not terribly engaging. I did appreciate the cross-referencing to other problems applying the same principles. It’s fine, but I’ll keep looking.
Previewed for possible library purchase, to help 8th graders who don’t yet have the math but are interested in the science. I looked at an OLD copy, and it was just not attractive as an eye-catcher. And the problems were not terribly engaging. I did appreciate the cross-referencing to other problems applying the same principles. It’s fine, but I’ll keep looking.
September 12, 2024
A perfect bathroom or bedtime book, consisting of many many in depth questions about physical phenomena, along with answers and references for further information. Copiously illustrated, it's great for posing questions (some of them still unsolved) to kids and adults.
August 20, 2007
Good teaching resource. This version is much improved.
April 5, 2010
Great mind bender, and humbling too when one finds out how little one really knows about the world of physical things.
January 13, 2012
Simply a must-have for anyone with an interest in teaching an demonstrating physics or science in general. I need not to say any more.
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