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The flying circus of physics
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- Creator
- Jearl Walker
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Second edition
- Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons, [2007]
- ©2007
- Physical Details
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- xvii, 331 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm
- ISBNs
- 0471762733, 9780471762737
- OCLC
- ocm64595915
- 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)