For the Love of Physics

Walter Lewin taught introductory physics at MIT by swinging on a wrecking ball and firing objects across the lecture hall, and this book carries that approach onto the page. Written with Warren Goldstein, it explains rainbows, sound, electricity, magnetism, X-ray astronomy and the scale of the universe by starting from something the reader has already seen and working outward. Lewin's own career in astrophysics runs through the chapters, as does a plain insistence that measurement is what separates physics from opinion. No mathematics is required, and the demonstrations described are the ones that kept his lectures being watched long after he gave them. Core takeaways: • Everyday phenomena used as the entry point to each physical principle • Classroom demonstrations described in enough detail to picture clearly • Sections on light, sound, electromagnetism and X-ray astronomy • Accessible to secondary school students and curious adults alike Suited to school and college students, teachers and general science readers, available from Boipoka.