EVERYDAY PHYSICS

This book aims to popularize physics by emphasizing conceptual ideas of physics and their interconnections, while avoiding mathematics entirely. The approach is to explore intriguing topics of daily relevance by asking and discussing questions: thereby the reader can participate in developing answers, which enables a deeper understanding than is achievable with memorization.

The topic of this book — waves — is chosen because we experience waves in many forms every minute of our lives, from sound waves and light waves to quantum waves and brain waves.

The target readership of this book is very broad: all those with a curious mind about nature and with a desire to understand how nature works, especially laymen, youngsters, secondary-school children and their teachers.

Contents:
PrefaceWaves — Part A: From Musical Instruments and Sounds to Human and Animal Voices:Waves: What and WhyWaves on StringsWaves in Air: Sound, AcousticsWaves on Sticks, Plates, Drums and FlagsFrom Waves to MusicFrom Waves to Human and Animal VoicesSummary of Part AWaves — Part B: From Earthquakes and Tsunamis to Light and the Quantum World:Preview of Part BSound Waves Inside Water and Rocks: EarthquakesReflection, Transmission and Refraction of Waves in 1D, 2D and 3DSurface Waves on Liquids: Waves on WaterLight and Electromagnetic RadiationQuantum Mechanical Waves: From Atoms to DNA and ElectronicsGravitational WavesOther Waves and AfterthoughtsReferences and ResourcesIndexAbout the Author
Readership: Academics and students of physics and general public with strong interest in physics.

Key Features: Popularization of physics, while strictly avoiding mathematics Easy, conversational style Flexible structure, allowing readers to jump randomly from section to section The focus of Part A of the book is "from Musical Instruments to Voices". The focus of Part B is "from Earthquakes and Tsunamis to Light and the Quantum World" Many attractive colorful illustrations, including animations (in accompanying tailor-made YouTube videos) Derived from a popular and successful university course aimed at students of all disciplines (General Education)