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Lewin, Walter H. G.
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Lewin, Walter H. G.
Physicists -- Massachusetts -- Biography.
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Physics -- Study and teaching -- Netherlands.
Physics -- Study and teaching -- Massachusetts.
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Lewin, Walter H. G.
Lewin, Walter H. G.
Physicists -- Massachusetts -- Biography.
College teachers -- Massachusetts -- Biography.
Physics -- Study and teaching -- Netherlands.
Physics -- Study and teaching -- Massachusetts.
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For the love of physics : from the end of the rainbow to the edge of time-- a journey through the wonders of physics / Walter Lewin with Warren Goldstein.
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Lewin, Walter H. G.
Free Press, 2011.
Call #:
530
.092
L672f
Subjects
Lewin, Walter H. G.
Physicists -- Massachusetts -- Biography.
College teachers -- Massachusetts -- Biography.
Physics -- Study and teaching -- Netherlands.
Physics -- Study and teaching -- Massachusetts.
ISBN:
9781439108277 (hardcover)
1439108277 (hardcover)
9781451607130 (pbk.)
145160713X (pbk.)
Edition:
1st Free Press hardcover ed.
Description:
xvi, 302 p., [4] p. of plates : col. ill. ; 24 cm.
Notes:
Includes index.
Contents:
From the nucleus to deep space -- Measurements, uncertainties, and the stars -- Bodies in motion -- The magic of drinking with a straw -- Over and under--outside and inside--the rainbow -- The harmonies of strings and winds -- The wonders of electricity -- The mysteries of magnetism -- Energy conservation--plus ça change . . . -- X-rays from outer space! -- X-ray ballooning, the early days -- Cosmic catastrophes, neutron stars, and black holes -- Celestial ballet -- X-ray bursters! -- Ways of seeing.
Summary:
Largely autobiographical account of the author's life as one who fell in love first with physics and then with teaching physics to students.
Genre:
Autobiographies.
Other authors:
Goldstein, Warren.
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