Why Toast Lands Jelly-Side Down: Zen and the Art of Physics Demonstrations

Title: Why Toast Lands Jelly-Side Down: Zen and the Art of Physics Demonstrations
Author: Robert Ehrlich
ISBN: 9780691028873
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 1997
Binding: Paperback
Language: English
Number of Pages: 208
Publisher Description: Robert Ehrlich recognizes that physics is often perceived as being highly abstract, user-unfriendly, and remote from everyday life. However, he has spent much of his career disproving these stereotypes. In the latest of his provocatively titled books, he provides a collection of simple physics demonstrations and experiments that will be extraordinarily useful to teachers and extremely instructive to students. Intentionally using "low tech" and inexpensive materials from everyday life, Why Toast Lands Jelly-Side Down humanizes key principles of physics.