Physics Demystified

by Stan Gibilisco

YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE A ROCKET SCIENTIST TO UNDERSTAND PHYSICS Now anyone with an interest in the physical sciences can master physics -- without formal training or drowning in a sea of complicated formulas and equations. In Physics Demystified best-selling author Stan Gibilisco offers a fun, effective, and totally painless way to learn the fundamentals and general concepts of physics.

With Physics Demystified you master the subject one simple step at a time - at your own speed. Unlike most books on physics, general principles are presented first - and the details follow. In order to make the learning process as clear and simple as possible, heavy-duty math, formulas, and equations are kept to a minimum. This unique self-teaching guide offers questions at the end of each chapter and section to pinpoint weaknesses, and a 100-question final exam to reinforce the entire book.

Simple enough for a beginner but challenging enough for an advanced student, Physics Demystified is your direct route to learning or brushing up on physics.

HERE'S EVERYTHING YOU NEED
* Understand the math used in physical science
* Solve mass/force/acceleration problems
* Create mathematical models of physical phenomena
* Perform distance vs. time calculations
* Determine potential and kinetic energy
* Calculate the wavelength of sounds and radio signals
* Understand visible light interference patterns
* Calculate the energy and frequency of a moving particle
* Understand atomic structure
* Learn about electric current, voltage, resistance, power, and energy

Genres: Science, Physics, Reference, Nonfiction, Textbooks

599 pages, Unbound

First published March 1, 2002

Reviews

[Ahmed Ezzeldien · Rating 3 out of 5]

كتاب رائع لمحبي الفيزياء والتي أعتبر نفسي من محبيها .. وبشدة .. ذكرني بالقوانين التي درستها وأضاف لي العديد من المعلومات .. ولكن هناك أبواب أو أقسام وجدت صعوبة في مجاراتها، ربما لو كانت في صورة فيلم وثائقي لكان العرض أبسط .. ولكن ما زلت أحب الفيزياء :D

[Ragheb · Rating 3 out of 5]

يحمل العنوان تضليل بكلمة "أسرار"
حيث أن المحتوى مشابه أو مطابق إلى حد كبير لمحتوى الكتب المدرسة للمرحلة الثانوية، وذلك يشمل أيضًا قسم الرياضيات الذي يحتل ثلث الكتاب.

[Mostafa Mahmood · Rating 3 out of 5]

مدخل جيد لطلاب المرحلة الثانوية

[Mohamed Magdy zinhom · Rating 4 out of 5]

simple physics from the point of view of Stan Gibilisco ..
clear vision for physics rules and theories in a demystified book ..
worth readin for those people who want to learn physics without complications ..

[Bernie4444 · Rating 5 out of 5]

One of the great DeMYSTiFieD series

This book is much more than a catchy title or a glossy cover. I have read the real thing that can get you bogged down in detail and on the other end of the spectrum when trying to describe physics without math only get gobbledygook.

The book is well designed and has a chapter zero for those of us that need a redresser on just enough maths to make the descriptions make sense. However, I found some items that they never covered in class. The math problems in the class were always sanitized not to always have an answer and did not allow you to ask odd questions that the instructor so not prepaid to answer. Not being a math book (they do have Demystified books on math) you get just what you need and forget the rest. In just a few pages you cover years of math but it is so much clearer than the stuff you had before. There is a good section on vectors alone that describe:

Vectors in two dimensions
Vectors in three dimensions
Multiplication by scalar
Commutativity of addition
Commutativity of vector-scalar multiplication
Commutativity of dot product
Negative commutativity of cross product
Associativity of addition
Associativity of vector-scalar multiplication
Distributivity of scalar multiplication over scalar addition
Distributivity of scalar multiplication over vector addition
Distributivity of dot product over vector addition
Distributivity of dot cross-over vector addition
The dot product of cross products

So you can see that just about every base is covered as far as math before starting to demystify physics.

No book can cover everything but this one comes pretty close to describing all the terms and actually showing you how they work.
The book seems to have heavily weighted toward electromagnetism; probably because the author Stan Gibilisco has more books in that field. When you have finished this book you can hold up your end in a physics discussion or Relativity Theory for that matter.

[أحمد حسان · Rating 2 out of 5]

بالرغم من انى درست الفيزياء وانا صغير بالعربية ورجعت درستها فى الجامعة بالانجليزية الا ان الطريقة التى كتب بها الكتاب لم تترجم بشكل يصلح للقراءة المطلعة التى ليست مجبرة على الحفظ

[M Ouesleti · Rating 4 out of 5]

يستحق القراءة مرات أخرى.

[Mahmoud Ahmed · Rating 1 out of 5]

لا انصح به

[James · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fun. The only physics book that didn't want to make me tear my hair out

[MaDiha HouRi · Rating 3 out of 5]

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[AbdElsatar · Rating 4 out of 5]

كتاب مفيد لمن يرغب في استكشاف عالم الفيزياء بطريقة بسيطة وسهلة مع العلم الكتاب يعتبر جيد كمصدر تكميلي وليس بديلًا للدراسة الأكاديمية الرسمية في الفيزياء

[Salah Tabb · Rating 3 out of 5]

physics is the best ... thanks stan