Screen LibraryThe wonders of physics /
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| Group Author: | ; ; ; |
| Published: |
World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd.,
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| Publisher Address: | Singapore : |
| Publication Dates: | [2019] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: |
English Russian |
| Edition: | 4th edition. |
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| Carrier Form: | xv, 380 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9789813273160 981327316X |
| Index Number: | QC24 |
| CLC: |
O4-49 O4 |
| Call Number: | O4/A835/4th ed. |
| Contents: | Meandering down to the sea -- Rivers from lakes -- The oceanic phone booth -- In the blue -- The moon-glades -- The Foucault pendulum and the Baer law -- The moon-brake -- Why the violin sings -- The chiming and silent goblets -- The bubble and the droplet -- The mysteries of the magic lamp -- The water mic or about one invention of Alexander Bell's -- How waves transmit information -- Why electric power lines are droning -- The footprints on the sand -- How to prevent snowdrifts? -- The incident on the train -- Craving microwaved mammoth -- The physics of baking good pizza -- Boiling, steaming, or rinsing? -- The mystery of the Christmas turkey -- Macaroni, spaghetti, and physics -- Ab(out) ovo -- Waiting for the kettle to boil -- The physics of good coffee -- "Nunc est bibendum": physicists talk around glasses of wine -- The birth of new physics at the turn of the century -- The uncertainty principle -- On snowballs, nuts, bubbles and liquid helium -- Superconductivity: a century of discoveries, dreams, and disappointments -- What is a SQUID? -- Superconducting magnets -- What is magnetic resonance imaging? -- Towards a quantum computer -- A great but terrible nuclear energy. |