Physics for Entertainment | 
 enlarge | Author: Yakov Perelman
Publisher: Hyperion
Category: Book
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Pages: 336
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Dimensions (in): 6.6 x 5.5 x 1.2
ISBN: 1401309216
Dewey Decimal Number: 530
EAN: 9781401309213
ASIN: 1401309216
Publication Date: February 12, 2008
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This is book 2 August 29, 2008
I have read both volumes of this book several years ago when published by Mir. Most of my friends had copies of these books and we had fun exchanging various ideas and topics in the book. I have even gifted these books to people whom I thought would be interested in reading them.
I was ecstatic to find the book on Amazon and ordered it immediately so I can give it to my 9-year old child.
I look forward to volume 1 of this book. Yes, it is available for downloading elsewhere, but printing a 200 page book is not very appealing to me. Honestly, in my opinion, book 1 is better than book 2. Book 1 covers perpetual motion machines... my favorite topic :)
If you or a member of your family or a friend is even slightly interested in any physics, don't hesitate to order this book.
I also ordered Astronomy for Entertainment by the same author and found it to be less entertaining than the physics book.
Pointer to volume 1 July 29, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Like some of the other reviewers, I too grew up reading Yakov Perelman's excellent books supplied by Mir publishers in India. The book was sold for Rs. 2 in the early 80s (about $0.20 in those days - cheap even at that time). Besides Phsics for Entertainment, I read "Figures for fun" and "Algebra can be fun". These are all excellent books to not only inform a person about physics and mathematics in an entertaining manner, but also sufficiently provocative to stimulate creative thinking.
One of the earlier reviewers states that volume 1 is not available in English. Fortunately, it is available at this link:
http://www.archive.org/details/physicsforentert035428mbp
Since the book was first published in 1913, I assume the copyright is long passed. The quality of the scanned copy is excellent, and it would wonderful if this book could be reprinted as well.
Physics for Entertainment July 20, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This delightful little book (final Russian edition, 1936) presents modern physics in a way that makes it accessible to adults and young people alike, especially because the author asks such whimsical questions as: "Can an invisible man see?" "Can Archimedes have moved the world?" "Who invented the word 'Gas'?" "How much does Lightning cost?" Why is a rabbit cross-eyed?" and "Is boiling water always hot?" Yakov Perelman, a Russian scientist who perished in the disastrous 900 day Blockade of Leningrad by the Germans during World War II, wanted people to think in "'physical categories'" and thus set up the book in chapters that reflect them. He however looks for examples of scientific phenomena in the world of fiction as well as of fact, particularly in works by Jules Verne, H. G. Wells, and even Mark Twain. His prose style appeals to both humanists and scientists. As an added bonus, its format (typesetting, etc) will give bibliophiles many hours of satisfying perusing.[ASIN:1401309216 Physics for Entertainment]
 Review of Physics for entertainment by Yakov Perelman. July 5, 2008
A very entertaining and interesting book, although a bit on the simple level. It is exactly what the title implies, "for entertainment". The first volume of the book is quite interesting also but apparently not available in English. I did read it in Spanish.
A classic for all times and climes June 23, 2008
This book indeed shaped a generation of young indians - the spirit of scientific enquiry it sparked surely was a key formative influence for many around the world and also esp. in India which received large stocks of these books from erstwhile USSR.nice to see it reprinted.
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