Publisher's Synopsis
&«Has cambiado mi vida» es una frase muy común en los emails que Walter Lewin recibe a diario de fans cautivados por sus "vìdeo clases" sobre las maravillas de la fìsica, y es que desde el momento en que sus clases estuvieron disponibles en internet, Lewin se convirtió en una celebridad en YouTube, y cerca de mil personas descargan sus grabaciones cada dìa. Durante más de treinta años como profesor en el Instituto Tecnológico de Massachusetts (MIT), Lewin perfeccionó su peculiar arte de enseñar y de hacer de la fìsica algo accesible y divertido. En sus cursos, siempre prácticos, ha llegado a colocar su cabeza delante de un martillo demoledor o a aplicarse una sobrecarga de trescientos mil voltios para explicar conceptos básicos a sus estudiantes.
En Por amor a la fìsica, Lewin responde a preguntas curiosas: ¿Es posible que seamos más bajos estando de pie que estando tumbados? ¿Por qué los colores del arcoìris siempre están ordenados del mismo modo? ¿Serìa posible tocar alguno con la mano? Lewin acompaña a los lectores en un viaje maravilloso abriendo nuestros ojos ante la increìble belleza y el poder con el que la fìsica puede revelarnos los mecanismos ocultos del mundo que nos rodea. &«Para mì», escribe Lewin, &«la fìsica es una forma de ver lo espectacular y lo mundano, lo inmenso y lo diminuto, como un bonito y emocionante conjunto de interrelaciones», &«sumerjo a las personas en su propio mundo, el mundo en el que viven y con el que están familiarizadas pero que todavìa no abordan como fìsicos.» ENGLISH DESCRIPTION In For the Love of Physics, beloved MIT professor Walter Lewin, whose riveting physics lectures made him a YouTube super-star, takes readers on a remarkably fun, inventive, and often wacky journey that brings the joys of physics to life. For the Love of Physics captures Walter Lewin's extraordinary intellect, passion for physics, and brilliance as a teacher"Bill Gates. For more than thirty years as a renowned professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Lewin's lectures made physics not only accessible but fun, whether putting his head in the path of a wrecking ball, supercharging himself with three hundred thousand volts of electricity, or demonstrating why the sky is blue and clouds are white. In For the Love of Physics, Lewin takes readers on a marvelous journey, opening our eyes as never before to the wonders of physics and its amazing ability to reveal the beauty and power embedded in our world. Could it be true that we are shorter standing up than lying down? Why can we snorkel no deeper than about one foot below the surface? Why are the colors of a rainbow always in the same order, can we stretch a hand out and touch one? Using superbly clear and simple explanations of phenomena we've always wondered about, such as what the big bang would have sounded like had anyone existed to hear it, Lewin surprises and delights with physics-based answers to even the most elusive questions. Whether showing us that a flea is strong enough to pull a heavy book across a table, or describing the coolest, weirdest facts about the tiniest bits of matter, Lewin always entertains as he edifies. For me," Lewin writes, physics is a way of seeingthe spectacular and the mundane, the immense and the minuteas a beautiful, thrillingly interwoven whole." For the Love of Physics is a rare gem that will change the way readers see the world.
En Por amor a la fìsica, Lewin responde a preguntas curiosas: ¿Es posible que seamos más bajos estando de pie que estando tumbados? ¿Por qué los colores del arcoìris siempre están ordenados del mismo modo? ¿Serìa posible tocar alguno con la mano? Lewin acompaña a los lectores en un viaje maravilloso abriendo nuestros ojos ante la increìble belleza y el poder con el que la fìsica puede revelarnos los mecanismos ocultos del mundo que nos rodea. &«Para mì», escribe Lewin, &«la fìsica es una forma de ver lo espectacular y lo mundano, lo inmenso y lo diminuto, como un bonito y emocionante conjunto de interrelaciones», &«sumerjo a las personas en su propio mundo, el mundo en el que viven y con el que están familiarizadas pero que todavìa no abordan como fìsicos.» ENGLISH DESCRIPTION In For the Love of Physics, beloved MIT professor Walter Lewin, whose riveting physics lectures made him a YouTube super-star, takes readers on a remarkably fun, inventive, and often wacky journey that brings the joys of physics to life. For the Love of Physics captures Walter Lewin's extraordinary intellect, passion for physics, and brilliance as a teacher"Bill Gates. For more than thirty years as a renowned professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Lewin's lectures made physics not only accessible but fun, whether putting his head in the path of a wrecking ball, supercharging himself with three hundred thousand volts of electricity, or demonstrating why the sky is blue and clouds are white. In For the Love of Physics, Lewin takes readers on a marvelous journey, opening our eyes as never before to the wonders of physics and its amazing ability to reveal the beauty and power embedded in our world. Could it be true that we are shorter standing up than lying down? Why can we snorkel no deeper than about one foot below the surface? Why are the colors of a rainbow always in the same order, can we stretch a hand out and touch one? Using superbly clear and simple explanations of phenomena we've always wondered about, such as what the big bang would have sounded like had anyone existed to hear it, Lewin surprises and delights with physics-based answers to even the most elusive questions. Whether showing us that a flea is strong enough to pull a heavy book across a table, or describing the coolest, weirdest facts about the tiniest bits of matter, Lewin always entertains as he edifies. For me," Lewin writes, physics is a way of seeingthe spectacular and the mundane, the immense and the minuteas a beautiful, thrillingly interwoven whole." For the Love of Physics is a rare gem that will change the way readers see the world.
