Physics Around Us

Why do we need physics if we don't plan to become physicists? Why should we fill our heads with complex definitions, intricate formulas, and confusing explanations? How can this even be remembered and fit in our heads? How many generations of schoolchildren have asked these questions? How many graduates still recall with horror and disgust their school physics lessons and homework? How many have only scattered names of laws and fragments of definitions left in their minds.

Understanding that physics is not that difficult, but incredibly interesting and even exciting, will be aided by this book. Here, you will not encounter problems or formulas, but you will find simple and clear explanations of laws and examples of how these laws work in the phenomena and objects that surround us everywhere. Why do cracks in the pavement become potholes in winter? How does a GPS navigator work? Why can you skate very fast while exerting very little effort? How does a bridge withstand the weight of a freight train?

The laws of physics also work in our bodies: when we sleep, walk, swim, or simply breathe. Did you know that our nerves and brain function thanks to electrical impulses? Have you ever thought that we have a sensory organ capable of perceiving electromagnetic waves?

Knowing physics helps us take care of our own safety. The book will explain why, for example, you shouldn’t stand on the edge of a platform where trains pass, why you should lie on your stomach and crawl if the ice beneath you cracks, or why you should never touch two wires with both hands when working with open wires.

We all live in a world of physical laws, and there is no way to circumvent them. They can be studied, they can be applied, and of course, they are impossible not to admire! So let’s do it right now!