This is an entertaining and free
e-book in six pdf files on physics – the science
of motion.
Explore the motion of wheels, birds,
lightning, planets, light and empty space itself!
Be
fascinated by the beauty of nature and the concepts of modern
physics, from the principle of cosmic laziness – least action – to
gauge symmetry!
Download
volume I - FALL, FLOW AND HEAT (58 MB).
Download
volume II - RELATIVITY (34 MB).
Download
volume III - LIGHT, CHARGES AND BRAINS (50 MB).
Download volume IV - THE QUANTUM
OF CHANGE (20
MB).
Download
volume V - PLEASURE, TECHNOLOGY AND STARS (30 MB).
Download
volume VI - THE STRAND MODEL – A SPECULATION ON
UNIFICATION (14 MB).
The last volume presents, in contrast to the previous ones, a research topic; it tells how to complete the climbing of Motion Mountain. For more details, see the research page.
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Order a paper edition, in black an white, delivered to your home, here on lulu.com.
Read the volumes online, without download, here on scribd.com, though without running films.
iPad and iPhone reading of the pdf files is possible in the browser, with the free Adobe Reader or with PDF Reader Pro Edition. On the Samsung Galaxy and the ASUS Transformer running Android 4, the pdf files can be read normally with any pdf viewer app.
Translations: the three volumes on mechanics, heat, relativity and electricity are available in French, due to the fantastic effort of Benoît Clénet. Special relativity is available in Spanish, in German and in Italian. The section on mechanics is partially available in Russian.
Motion Mountain - The Adventure of Physics,
is an e-book in pdf format that is copyright © 1990-2012 by
Christoph Schiller and licensed under a
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