Why cats land on their feet, and 76 other paradoxes and puzzles in physics /
Levi, Mark, 1951-
Why cats land on their feet, and 76 other paradoxes and puzzles in physics / Mark Levi. - Princeton : Princeton University Press, ©2012. - 1 online resource
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Fun with Physical Paradoxes, Puzzles, and Problems -- Introduction -- Background -- Sources -- Outer Space Paradoxes -- Helium Balloon in a Space Shuttle -- Space Navigation without Jets -- Paradox with a Comet -- Speeding Up Causes a Slowdown -- Paradoxes with Spinning Water -- Puzzle with a Floating Cork -- Parabolic Mirrors and Two Kitchen Puzzles -- Cold Parabolic Dish -- Boating on a Slope -- Navigating with No Engine or Sails -- Icebergs -- Floating and Diving Paradoxes -- Bathtub on Wheels -- Tub Problem -- In More Depth -- How to Lose Weight in a Fraction of a Second -- Underwater Balloon -- Scuba Puzzle -- Weight Puzzle -- Flows and Jets -- Bernoulli's Law and Water Guns -- Sucking on a Straw and the Irreversibility of Time -- Bernoulli's Law and Moving Around in a Space Shuttle -- Sprinker Puzzle -- Ejecting Water Fast but with Zero Speed? -- Pouring Water Puzzle -- Stirring Paradox -- Inkjet Printer Question -- Vorticity Paradox -- Moving Experiences: Bikes, Gymnastics, Rockets -- How Do Swings Work? -- Rising Energy Cost -- Gymnast Doing Giants and a Hamster in a Wheel -- Controlling a Car on Ice -- How Does a Biker Turn? -- Speeding Up by Leaning -- Can One Gain Speed on a Bike by Body Motion Only? -- Gaining Weight on a Motorbike -- Feeling the Square in mv2/2 Through the Bike Pedals -- Paradox with Rockets -- Coffee Rocket -- Throwing a Ball from a Moving Car -- Paradoxes with the Coriolis Force -- What Is the Coriolis Force? -- ^ Feeling Coriolis in a Boeing 747 -- Down the Drain with Coriolis -- 1. 1.1. 1.2. 1.3. 2. 2.1. 2.2. 2.3. 2.4. 3. 3.1. 3.2. 3.3. 3.4. 3.5. 3.6. 4. 4.1. 4.2. 4.3. 4.4. 4.5. 4.6. 5. 5.1. 5.2. 5.3. 5.4. 5.5. 5.6. 5.7. 5.8. 5.9. 6. 6.1. 6.2. 6.3. 6.4. 6.5. 6.6. 6.7. 6.8. 6.9. 6.10. 6.11. 6.12. 7. 7.1. 7.2. 7.3.
9781400841721 1400841720
22573/cttm8wx JSTOR
Science--Miscellanea.
Science.
SCIENCE / Energy
SCIENCE / Mechanics / General
SCIENCE / Physics / General
Electronic books.
Miscellanea.
Q173 / .L545 2012eb
530
Why cats land on their feet, and 76 other paradoxes and puzzles in physics / Mark Levi. - Princeton : Princeton University Press, ©2012. - 1 online resource
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Fun with Physical Paradoxes, Puzzles, and Problems -- Introduction -- Background -- Sources -- Outer Space Paradoxes -- Helium Balloon in a Space Shuttle -- Space Navigation without Jets -- Paradox with a Comet -- Speeding Up Causes a Slowdown -- Paradoxes with Spinning Water -- Puzzle with a Floating Cork -- Parabolic Mirrors and Two Kitchen Puzzles -- Cold Parabolic Dish -- Boating on a Slope -- Navigating with No Engine or Sails -- Icebergs -- Floating and Diving Paradoxes -- Bathtub on Wheels -- Tub Problem -- In More Depth -- How to Lose Weight in a Fraction of a Second -- Underwater Balloon -- Scuba Puzzle -- Weight Puzzle -- Flows and Jets -- Bernoulli's Law and Water Guns -- Sucking on a Straw and the Irreversibility of Time -- Bernoulli's Law and Moving Around in a Space Shuttle -- Sprinker Puzzle -- Ejecting Water Fast but with Zero Speed? -- Pouring Water Puzzle -- Stirring Paradox -- Inkjet Printer Question -- Vorticity Paradox -- Moving Experiences: Bikes, Gymnastics, Rockets -- How Do Swings Work? -- Rising Energy Cost -- Gymnast Doing Giants and a Hamster in a Wheel -- Controlling a Car on Ice -- How Does a Biker Turn? -- Speeding Up by Leaning -- Can One Gain Speed on a Bike by Body Motion Only? -- Gaining Weight on a Motorbike -- Feeling the Square in mv2/2 Through the Bike Pedals -- Paradox with Rockets -- Coffee Rocket -- Throwing a Ball from a Moving Car -- Paradoxes with the Coriolis Force -- What Is the Coriolis Force? -- ^ Feeling Coriolis in a Boeing 747 -- Down the Drain with Coriolis -- 1. 1.1. 1.2. 1.3. 2. 2.1. 2.2. 2.3. 2.4. 3. 3.1. 3.2. 3.3. 3.4. 3.5. 3.6. 4. 4.1. 4.2. 4.3. 4.4. 4.5. 4.6. 5. 5.1. 5.2. 5.3. 5.4. 5.5. 5.6. 5.7. 5.8. 5.9. 6. 6.1. 6.2. 6.3. 6.4. 6.5. 6.6. 6.7. 6.8. 6.9. 6.10. 6.11. 6.12. 7. 7.1. 7.2. 7.3.
9781400841721 1400841720
22573/cttm8wx JSTOR
Science--Miscellanea.
Science.
SCIENCE / Energy
SCIENCE / Mechanics / General
SCIENCE / Physics / General
Electronic books.
Miscellanea.
Q173 / .L545 2012eb
530