The wonders of physics / L.G. Aslamazov, A.A. Varlamov ; scientific editor, A.A. Abrikosov, Jr. ; translators, A.A. Abrikosov, Jr. & D. Znamenski.
| Author/creator |
Aslamazov, L. G. (Lev Grigorʹevich) |
| Other author/creator | Varlamov, A. A. (Andreĭ Andreevich) |
| Other author/creator | Abrikosov, A. A. (Alekseĭ Alekseevich) |
| Format | Book and Print |
| Edition | 2nd ed. |
| Publication Info | Singapore ; River Edge, NJ : World Scientific, ©2004. |
| Description | xii, 273 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm |
| Subject(s) |
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| Uniform title | Udivitelʹnai︠a︡ fizika. English |
| Contents | pt. 1. Outdoor physics. Meandering down to the sea ; Rivers from lakes ; The oceanic phone booth ; In the blue ; The moon-glades ; The Fucault [sic] pendulum and the Baer law ; The moon-brake -- pt. 2. Saturday night physics. Why the violin sings ; The chiming and silent goblets ; The bubble and the droplet ; The mysteries of the magic lamp ; Waiting for the tea-kettle to boil ; Craving microwaved mammoth ; Ab(out) ovo ; The physics of good coffee ; "Nunc est bibendum" : physicists talk around glasses of wine ; The water mike ; How the waves transmit information ; Why the electric power lines are droning ; The footprints on the sand ; How to prevent snowdrifts ; The incident in the train -- pt. 3. Windows to the quantumworld. The uncertainty principle ; On the snowballs, nuts, bubbles and ... liquid helium ; Superconductivity passion at the end of the millennium ; What is a SQUID? ; Superconducting magnets. |
| ISBN | 9812560564 |
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| Joyner | General Stacks | QC24.5 .A8513 2004 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |