Physics Around Us

Why do we need physics if we don't intend to become physicists anyway? Why fill our heads with complex definitions, intricate formulas, and convoluted explanations? How can we possibly memorize and keep this in our heads? So many generations of... schoolchildren have asked themselves these questions. How many graduates still remember their physics lessons and homework with horror and disgust? How many have only fragmented names of laws and snippets of definitions left in their heads?
Understanding that physics is not so difficult, but incredibly interesting and even exciting, will be helped by this book. Here, you won't encounter any problems or formulas, but you will find simple and clear explanations of laws and examples of how these laws operate in the phenomena and objects that surround us everywhere. Why do cracks in asphalt become holes in winter? How does a GPS navigator work? Why can you skate very fast while expending very little effort? How does a bridge withstand the weight of a freight train?
The laws of physics also operate in our bodies: when we sleep, walk, swim, simply breathe. Did you know that our nerves and brain work thanks to electrical impulses? And have you ever wondered that we have a sense organ capable of perceiving electromagnetic waves?
Knowledge of physics helps us take care of our own safety. The book will explain why, for example, you shouldn't stand at the edge of a platform where trains pass, why you should lie on your stomach and crawl if the ice underneath you cracks, or why when working with exposed wires, you shouldn't touch two wires with both hands.
We all live in a world of physical laws, and there is no way to bypass them. They can be studied, they can be utilized, and of course, they are impossible not to admire! So let's do it right now!