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Does just thinking about the laws of motion make your head spin? Does studying electricity short your circuits? Do the complexities of thermodynamics cool your enthusiasm?

Thanks to this book, you dont have to be Einstein to understand physics. As you read about Newtons Laws, Keplers Laws, Hookes Law, Ohms Law, and others, youll appreciate the For Dummies law: The easier we make it, the faster people understand it and the more they enjoy it! Whether youre taking a class, helping kids with homework, or trying to find out how the world works, this book helps you understand basic physics. It covers:

Measurements, units, and significant figures
Forces such as displacement, speed, and acceleration
Vectors and physics notation
Motion, energy, and waves (sound, light, wave-particle)
Solids, liquids, and gases
Thermodynamics
Electromagnetism
Relativity
Atomic and nuclear structures
Steven Holzner, Ph.D. earned his B.S. at MIT and his Ph.D. at Cornell, where he taught Physics 101 and 102 for over 10 years. He livens things up with cool physics facts, real-world examples, and simple experiments that will heighten your enthusiasm for physics and science. The book ends with some out-of-this world physics that will set your mind in motion:
- The possibility of wormholes in space
- The Big Bang
- How the gravitational pull of black holes is too strong for even light to escape
  May the Force be with you!

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November 28, 2004
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7.5 x 1 x 9.5 inches
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0764554336
ISBN-13

978-0764554339

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Filled with cool physics facts and real-world examples

The fun and easy way® to get up to speed on the basic concepts of physics

Does thermodynamics leave you cold? Are you vexed by vectors? Does electromagnetism seem like just a lot of static? Relax! This friendly guide puts the fun back into physics fundamentals. Author Steven Holzner walks you through all the topics typically covered in Physics 101 and throws in some wild physics facts about relativity, time travel, quantum theory, and more.

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Work with physics notation and math
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Steven Holzner is an award-winning author of 94 books that have sold over two million copies and been translated into 18 languages. He served on the Physics faculty at Cornell University for more than a decade, teaching both Physics 101 and Physics 102. Dr. Holzner received his Ph.D. in physics from Cornell and performed his undergrad work at MIT, where he has also served as a faculty member.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ For Dummies
Publication date ‏ : ‎ November 28, 2004
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Language ‏ : ‎ English
Print length ‏ : ‎ 368 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0764554336
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0764554339
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.25 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.5 x 1 x 9.5 inches
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Customers find the physics book informative, with one mentioning it helps as a supplement to their text. The content receives positive feedback for its examples, and one customer notes it serves as a good primer for physics materials. The readability receives mixed reviews, with some finding it easy to understand while others find it hard to follow.

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16 customers mention informative, 14 positive, 2 negative

Customers find the book informative and helpful, introducing concepts and providing problem-solving experience, with one customer noting it's great for beginners.

An informative and very easy to understand text book. Another example of the Dummies series simplifying what once seemed complex.Read more

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...This book really helped me. It doesn't get fancy with deriving equations and junk like that....Read more

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5 customers mention content, 4 positive, 1 negative

Customers appreciate the content of the book, which includes examples and serves as a good primer for physics materials, with one customer noting it is geared more toward high school physics.

...It is very helpful with extra examples and straight-forward explanations. It does not have problems in it, but I knew that and did not need them....Read more

Dummies books are awesome. They take the most convoluted subjects and simplfy them to easily understood reading....Read more

This author uses a lot of real world examples that makes the concepts easy to understand and relate to....Read more

...a terrible dummies book, hard to follow, understand, and it's not advanced material....Read more

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...But, it distills all of the concepts so that they are generally more understandable than what you get from a textbook (and some teachers)....Read more

This is a very neat and clear guide. It explains almost everything....Read more

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