200 More Puzzling Physics Problems: With Hints and Solutions

✍ Scribed by Péter Gnädig, Gyula Honyek, Máté Vigh, Ken Riley

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Year: 2016
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 498
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Like its predecessor, 200 Puzzling Physics Problems, this book is aimed at strengthening students' grasp of the laws of physics by applying them to situations that are practical, and to problems that yield more easily to intuitive insight than to brute-force methods and complex mathematics. The problems are chosen almost exclusively from classical, non-quantum physics, but are no easier for that. They are intriguingly posed in accessible non-technical language, and require readers to select an appropriate analysis framework and decide which branches of physics are involved. The general level of sophistication needed is that of the exceptional school student, the good undergraduate, or the competent graduate student; some physics professors may find some of the more difficult questions challenging. By contrast, the mathematical demands are relatively minimal, and seldom go beyond elementary calculus. This further book of physics problems is not only instructive and challenging, but also enjoyable.

✦ Table of Contents

Cover
Half-title
Title
Contents
Preface
How to use this book
Thematic order of problems
Problems
P1
P20
P40∗
P60∗
P80∗
P100∗
P120∗
P140∗∗
P160∗∗
P180∗
P200
Hints
H1
H40
H80
H120
H160
H200
Solutions
S1
S20
S40
S60
S80
S100
S120
S140
S160
S180
S200
Appendix
Useful mathematical formulae
Physics reference tables