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In 1977, Wiley published Jearl Walker's The Flying Circus of Physics, which has sold almost 100,000 copies and become a cult classic in the physics community. The Flying Circus is a compendium of interesting real world phenomena that can be explained using basic laws of physics. Next year we will publish the 2nd edition.

Table of Contents
Preface.

Chapter 1. Slipping Between Falling Drops. (Motion).

Chapter 2. Racing on the Ceiling, Swimming Through Syrup. (Fluids).

Chapter.3. Hiding Under the Covers, Listening or the Monsters. (Sound).

Chapter 4. Striking at the Heat in the Night. (Thermal Processes).

Chapter 5. Ducking First a Roar and Then a Flash. (Electricity and Magnetism).

Chapter 6. Splashing Colors Everywhere, Like a Rainbow. (Optics).

Chapter 7. Armadillos Dancing Against a Swollen Moon. (Vision).

Index.

Flying Circus of Physics 2e WSE

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      Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 01/08/2006
      ISBN13: 9780471762737, 978-0471762737
      ISBN10: 0471762733
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      In 1977, Wiley published Jearl Walker's The Flying Circus of Physics, which has sold almost 100,000 copies and become a cult classic in the physics community. The Flying Circus is a compendium of interesting real world phenomena that can be explained using basic laws of physics. Next year we will publish the 2nd edition.

      Table of Contents
      Preface.

      Chapter 1. Slipping Between Falling Drops. (Motion).

      Chapter 2. Racing on the Ceiling, Swimming Through Syrup. (Fluids).

      Chapter.3. Hiding Under the Covers, Listening or the Monsters. (Sound).

      Chapter 4. Striking at the Heat in the Night. (Thermal Processes).

      Chapter 5. Ducking First a Roar and Then a Flash. (Electricity and Magnetism).

      Chapter 6. Splashing Colors Everywhere, Like a Rainbow. (Optics).

      Chapter 7. Armadillos Dancing Against a Swollen Moon. (Vision).

      Index.

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