Mechanics for fun - Softcover

Perelman, Yakov

 
9782917260524: Mechanics for fun

Synopsis

"Mechanics for fun" is not a textbook. Instead it is a complementary book with some entertaining experiments and descriptions of some exciting natural phenomena. Its aim is to excite the reader interest in mechanics and have him engage in its study. The author has included a number of mechanics' applications in engineering, sports, circus performances and many other unexpected areas.

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About the Author

Yakov Perelman (1882-1942) was a Russian and Soviet science writer and author of many popular science books. He has been known by his popular, witty and quite scientific works on physics, astronomy and mathematics, which are, moreover written in a marvelous language and are very readable.

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