BRAINTEASER PHYSICS: Challenging Physics Puzzlers

Apr 01, 03:18 AM

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BRAINTEASER PHYSICS: Challenging Physics Puzzlers

GRAN GRIMVALL

For the past 27 years, Grimvall, a professor of physics at the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, has authored the puzzle column In a Swedish journal for engineers. In this book, he seeks to expand his audience geographically and professionally by presenting 57 physics-themed brainteasers to a general readership. Ever wonder whether it's better to walk or run to escape the rain? Or what your body's volume is? Grimvall presents these and other puzzles ranging from easy problems for physics novices to advanced quizzes for readers with technical backgrounds. Each problem's solution is included at the end of each chapter, along with Grimvall's comments on how physicists solve such problems in their everyday work Johns Hopkins Univ. Press, 2007, 162 p., b&w illus., paperback, $23.00.

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