eShop USA > Books > Physics for Poets
Physics for Poets
Our Price: $82.57 Prices subject to change.
Availability: Usually ships in 1 to 3 weeks
Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 530
EAN: 9780072472172
Edition: 5
ISBN: 0072472170
Label: McGraw-Hill Science/Engineering/Math
Manufacturer: McGraw-Hill Science/Engineering/Math
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 304
Publication Date: April 22, 2002
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Science/Engineering/Math
Studio: McGraw-Hill Science/Engineering/Math
Related Items: Featured Listmania!
Editorial Review:
Very accessible, brief, introduction to physics for the non-science major. A text written for the curious, non-scientist who wants to know how modern physics came to be, and figure out what lies behind the stories in the science columns of their newspapers.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating: - Can be used as Refreshment for Survivors of Freshman Physics
March gets it just right by employing the soft to understand the hard. I read this book during my sophomore (after having finished my ABET accredited physics) Christmas vacation. It started me on a path that lead to a very powerful and useful understanding of physics.
Rating:  - Not just for poets, but for everyone interested in modern physics
When I looked at the title of this book, I thought that the contents would be much different than they are. It is a popular summary of the major ideas of modern physics and a short history of how those ideas were developed. I did not see where the poetry reference could be applied. While there are a few references to earlier people and times, the discussion starts with Galileo and his exploration of the laws of physics. One interesting point was that March describes a bit of the personality of Galileo, ... Read More
Rating: - Iambic physics?
When I first read Robert March's `Physics for Poets', it reminded me much of the sense of science one gets from popular programming such as Carl Sagan's `Cosmos' - it presents the science theory and progress in elegant, poetic and non-mathematical terms. I have never been afraid of the mathematics (indeed, I studied mathematics to a good level at university) but have always been impressed with those who could describe for the numerically-challenged the intricacies of subjects such as physics and astronomy.
Read More
Rating: - "Physics For Poets" is excellent.
This book is a scientific explanation of how nature works. It is not a book about how to write poetry, but how to explain and explore the world in which we live. The material is presented so that even the abstract poet can understand the concrete universe.
Rating: - Simply best.
What can be said more, other than 'simply the best'?
Related Categories:
| |
 |
