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Warum können Sie um die Ecke hören, aber nicht schauen? Sie haben sich diese Frage auch schon gestellt? In dieser unterhaltsamen Kuriositätensammlung finden Sie Antworten auf viele derart drängende Probleme des Alltags. Ob Rennauto, Springfloh oder verschwindender Elefant, hier werden paradox erscheinende physikalische Zusammenhänge aufgeklärt, die nicht nur Wissenschaftlern Kopfzerbrechen bereiten. Hübsch gestaltet mit Abbildungen, Karikaturen und Anekdötchen - hervorragend auch als Geschenk geeignet! (12/00)

ISBN-13: 9780471569619

Media Type: Paperback

Publisher: Wiley

Publication Date: 11-21-2000

Pages: 320

Product Dimensions: 7.40(w) x 9.20(h) x 0.80(d)

Age Range: 11 - 17 Years

CHRISTOPHER P. JARGODZKI, Ph.D., is Associate Professor of Physics at Central Missouri State University and the author of two previous books of science braintwisters. He was born in Warsaw, Poland, and received his B.S. and Ph.D. degrees in theoretical physics from the University of California. FRANKLIN POTTER, Ph.D., is an Associate Specialist in Physics at the University of California at Irvine and conducts research in elementary particle physics and cosmology. He received his B.S. degree from Cal Tech and Ph.D. in physics from Texas Tech University.

Table of Contents

Preface ix

Acknowledgments xiii

To the Reader xv

Chapter 1 Temperature Risin’ 1

Chapter 2 Color My World 1 3

Chapter 3 Splish! Splash! 25

Chapter 4 Fly like an Eagle 4 1

Chapter 5 Good Vibrations 53

Chapter 6 Opposites Attract 65

Chapter 7 Bodies in Motion 79

Chapter 8 Stairway to Heaven 101

Chapter 9 Life in the Fast Lane 1 1 1

Chapter 10 Born to Run 121

Chapter 1 1 Third Stone from the Sun 131

Chapter 12 Across the Universe 143

Answers

Temperature Risin’ 155

Color My World 166

Splish! Splash! 1 7 5

Fly like an Eagle 185

Good Vibrations 194

Opposites Attract 209

Bodies in Motion 219

Stairway to Heaven 239

Life in the Fast Lane 247

Born to Run 255

Third Stone from the Sun 269

Across the Universe 283

Index 298