Everyday Physics av Jo Hermans

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<b>Fascinating, fun and friendly, this physics book is perfect for anyone with a healthy dose of curiosity.</b> How can you tell where a sound is coming from? What is the human energy equivalent of a vacuum cleaner? How does GPS work? Why do eggs explode in the microwave? Is there a vacuum inside double-glazed windows? Can you get less wet by cycling faster? With clear explanations and hundreds of colourful photos and diagrams, <i>Everyday Physics</i> is an engaging physics book accessible for all ages. You can read this brilliant book in whatever order you want, dipping in and out of the different sections. Based on Hermans'' <i>Everyday physics</i> lecture series, it combines deep physical insights with back-of-the-envelope calculations, relating abstract physics concepts to the real world, often in a surprising way.<i>Everyday Physics</i> also features lots of intriguing home experiments to further demonstrate the explanations. Most of these can be done using simple items from the k