The flying circus of physics

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Walker Jearl 1945-
Published: John Wiley & Sons,
Publisher Address: Hoboken, NJ
Publication Dates: c2007.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Edition: 2nd ed.
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Carrier Form: xvii, 331 p.: ill. ; 28 cm.
ISBN: 0471762733 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
9780471762737
Index Number: O4
CLC: O4
Call Number: O4/W181/2nd.ed.
Contents: Includes index.
1. Slipping between falling drops (Motion) -- 2. Racing on the ceiling, swimming through syrup (Fluids) -- 3. Hiding under the covers, listening for the monsters (Sound) -- 4. Striking at the heat of the night (Thermal processes) -- 5. Ducking first a roar and then a flash (Electricity and magnetism) -- 6. Splashing colors everywhere, like a rainbow (Optics) -- 7. Armadillos dancing against a swollen moon (Vision).