No wonder you wonder! [electronic resource] : great inventions and scientific mysteries / Claude Phipps ; illustrations by Friedelwolf Wicke.
Phipps, Claude, author.; Wicke, Friedelwolf, illustrator.
2016
Q162 .P55 2016eb
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Title No wonder you wonder! [electronic resource] : great inventions and scientific mysteries / Claude Phipps ; illustrations by Friedelwolf Wicke.
Author Phipps, Claude, author.
ISBN 9783319216805 (electronic book)
3319216805 (electronic book)
9783319216799
3319216791
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-21680-5
Published Cham : Springer, [2016]
Language English
Description 1 online resource (xviii, 331 pages) : illustrations.
Item Number 10.1007/978-3-319-21680-5 doi
Call Number Q162 .P55 2016eb
Dewey Decimal Classification 500
Summary This book explores and explains scientific mysteries and principles, leavened with tongue-in-cheek humor and an abundance of illustrations. Chapters are short, but give an understanding of technology and science not available elsewhere. Questions include: ℓ́Ø What holds a satellite up while it goes around the Earth? ℓ́Ø Why is the sky (made out of clear air!) blue instead of green, or just black as night like the sky that high altitude jumper Felix Baumgartner saw? ℓ́Ø How is laser light different from ℓ́ℓnormalℓ́ℓ light? ℓ́Ø Did Columbus really discover that the Earth is round? ℓ́Ø Which one invention will assuredly survive our civilization? ℓ́Ø Why canℓ́ℓt you travel back in time?℗ℓ If you often feel embarrassed because you donℓ́ℓt have a clue about lasers, the difference between volts, amps and watts, or how jet planes really work ℓ́ℓ but you would like to understand the physical principles of our modern world, whether youℓ́ℓre a teen or a parent ℓ́ℓ this book is for you! To understand the basics of quantum mechanics, or of protons, neutrons and electrons, you donℓ́ℓt need algebra, calculus, or a lot of equations or technical buzzwords. Too many people have been soured on science by science teachers who have made simple concepts seem complex. This book is the antidote: all it requires is your curiosity.℗ℓ Advance praise for No Wonder You Wonder!:℗ℓ ℓ́ℓFrom beginning to end, and with laugh after laugh, I en joyed every single word of this remarkable book. Phipps is a hell of a good writer, and the kind of physics teacher that I would have loved as a young student. No Wonder You Wonder can be engrossing for anyone with a bit of curiosity, not just the scientific minded.ℓ́ℓ ℓ́ℓ Christophe Bonnal, Chief Engineer, CNES (French Space Agency)℗ℓ ℓ́ℓNo Wonder You Wonder is a fa ntastic book. Covering topics such as space, matter, and the energy within the universe, this book does an excellent job of clarifying these topics. It's a great read for young scientists and aspiring physicists.ℓ́ℓ ℓ́ℓ August R., high school freshman.
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Dedication; Acknowledgments; Contents; In Praise of No Wonder You Wonder!; Part I: Basics; Preface; Who Am I?; What is Science and What is Not?; Einstein Said ...; Do You Care?; Moral and Scientific Issues; Numbers; Mental Blackboard; Magic Numbers; Introduction: Weird Reality; The Big Bang: Dark Matter, Dark Energy, and ... Stuff; What Is Stuff?; Gravity; Inertia; Relativity at Low Speeds: Kinetic Energy; Relativity at High Speeds; Time Travel; Backward Time Travel; Forward Time Travel; Teleportation; Quantum Mechanics: Weirdness on a Small Scale; Electromagnetic Waves

Quantum Erasers: True Weirdness Entangled Photons: More Weirdness; Uncertainty; Superconductivity; Zero Point Energy (ZPE); Black Holes; 4D Ghost Stories; Cutting World; Conclusion; The Metric System; Exercise; Conclusion; Exponentials and Instabilities; Instability; People Instabilities; Conclusions; Part II: Who Really Did It First?; Goals; Chinese Science and Art; Gunpowder!; Printing; Navies and Voyages; Silk!; Conclusion; Space Geometry from Ancient Greece to Today; Venus Transit: A Side Story that is Not Greek; Conclusion; Rome; Concrete; Roman Roads

Roman Text Messages "All Roads Lead to Rome"; Pont du Gard; Conclusion; Islamic Science and Art; Ibn Sahl; Ibn Al Haytham; Ibn Musa al Kwarizmi; Astrolabe and Astronomy; Al-Biruni; Al-Razi; Omar Khayyam; Translating Scientific and Philosophical Works; Conclusions; Part III: Modern Science and Engineering; Modern Science; Kepler and Newton; Einstein; Special Relativity; General Relativity: The Final Weirdness; Conclusion; Why Is the Day Sky Blue? Why Is the Night Sky Black?; J.C. Maxwell; Dark Night Skies; Aurorae; Conclusion; Machines; Force Multipliers

External Combustion Engines Industrial Revolution; Carnot and Power Generation; Improvements; Stirling Engine; Steam Turbines; Internal Combustion Engine Zoo; Otto Cycle; Wankel Cycle; Radial Engine; Diesel; Hybrid; Tesla; Turbine Engines for Cars; The Differential; Windmills and Renewable Energy; Inverse Machines, the Servel and Liquid Helium; Electric and Laser Refrigerators; The Self-Replicating Machine; Other Machines; Conclusions; Lighter Than Air Flight; Hot Air Balloons; Gas-Filled Balloons; Dirigibles; Helium, in Texas?; High-Altitude Helium Balloons

Distance Records Spying; Conclusions; Electricity; Volts, Ohms, Amps, and Watts; Voltage: Hazardous?; Resistance; Power; Transformers; Tesla and the First Wireless; Birds on a Wire; Different Hazard If It's High Frequency; AC and DC; Transformers; Experiment; How Do You Use Electricity?; DC Motors; AC/DC Motors; AC Motors; AC Synchronous Motor; Induction Motor; How Do You Make Electricity?; Batteries; Solar Cells; Generators; Faraday's Homopolar Machine; Experiment; Electromagnetic Tethers; The Earth Dynamo; Lightning!; Experiment: Liquid Van de Graaf; Sprites

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