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Utilizing puzzles, stories, and interviews, this textbook draws readers in and encourages participation to make physics fun. Lang explains why things really work the way they do, and covers everything from bungee jumping to wireless networks.

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Wouldn't it be great if there were a physics book that showed you how things work instead of telling you how? Finally, with Head First Physics, there is. This comprehensive book takes the stress out of learning mechanics and practical physics by providing a fun and engaging experience, especially for students who "just don't get it."

Head First Physics offers a format that's rich in visuals and full of activities, including pictures, illustrations, puzzles, stories, and quizzes -- a mixed-media style proven to stimulate learning and retention. One look will convince you: This isn't mere theory, this is physics brought to life through real-world scenarios, simple experiments, and hypothetical projects. Head First Physics is perfect for anyone who's intrigued by how things work in the natural world.

You'll quickly discover that physics isn't a dry subject. It's all about the world we live in, encompassing everything from falling objects and speeding cars, to conservation of energy and gravity and weightlessness, and orbital behavior. This book:

Helps you think like a physicist so you can understand why things really work the way they do
Gives you relevant examples so you can fully grasp the principles before moving on to more complex concepts
Designed to be used as a supplement study guide for the College Board's Advanced Placement Physics B Exam
Introduces principles for the purpose of solving real-world problems, not memorization
Teaches you how to measure, observe, calculate -- and yes -- how to do the math
Covers scientific notation, SI units, vectors, motion, momentum conservation, Newton's Laws, energy conservation, weight and mass, gravitation and orbits, circular motion and simple harmonic motion, and much more

If "Myth Busters" and other TV programs make you curious about our physical world -- or if you're a student forced to take a physics course -- now you can pursue the subject without the dread of boredom or the fear that it will be over your head. Head First Physics comes to rescue with an innovative, engaging, and inspirational way to learn physics!

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Title Head First Physics: A Learner's Companion to Mechanics and Practical Physics (AP Physics B - Advanced Placement)
Author Heather Lang
Binding Paperback
Edition Pap/Psc
Pages 940
Volumes 1
Language ENG
Publisher O'Reilly Media, Sebastopol, CA
Publication date 2008-10-28
Illustrated Yes
Features Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents
ISBN 9780596102371 / 0596102372
Weight 3.78 lbs (1.71 kg)
Dimensions 9.27 x 7.99 x 2.02 in (23.55 x 20.29 x 5.13 cm)
Category Children's All Ages - Science
Library of Congress subjects Physics, Mechanics
Dewey Decimal Code 530

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Heather Lang has a physics degree, a PhD in the grey area between biochemistry and physics, and international caps at both chess and cricket. She has a great interest in educational and coaching methods and has run after-school chess clubs for a number of years, bringing many complete beginners on to national and international level.

Heather has been able to transfer many of these successful methods across to her book Head First Physics. She is also the co-author of the Babar Particle Physics Teaching Package (Manchester University Department of Physics and Astronomy, 1999) and joint first author of a 2002 Nature Immunology paper with a lot of jargon and some pretty pictures in it.

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