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- motionmountain
- New Member
- Registered: 2006-05-21
- Posts: 4
The adventure of physics - on 1300 free pages
After nine months, I put the new, nineteenth edition of the free Motion Mountain physics (no ads, no commercial interest) on
http://motionmountain.net
Over 1300 pages lead through the whole of physics, from mechanics to
relativity, electrodynamics, thermodynamics, quantum theory, nuclear physics
and unification.
The nineteenth edition gives details on radiometric dating techniques,
explains how to destroy airplanes with thermometers, shows how to use the same
idea to measure the speed of bullets and that of light, presents a classical
system that obeys the Schroedinger equation, introduces Tesla coils, shows
that space-time has different properties in certain patent offices, tells how
to see effects from atoms using only a lamp and a piece of metal, gives more
details on clouds and jets of astronomic size, shows how to perform a
precision Michelson-Morley experiment, gives the latest results on the Pioneer
anomaly, introduces fusion reactors, demonstrates the chromatic lens errors of
the eye, and presents the simplest unsolved problem about the trefoil knot.
The text also provides improved writing, more figures, more curiosities, many
additional solutions to the challenges, and, thanks to the help of Martin
Elsaesser, the first embedded animation. Many thanks also to all those
readers who have suggested improvements and material for the text. An errata
page that allows direct feedback via the website is now available.
Enjoy.
Christoph Schiller
- Chris
- Assistant Professor
- From: Longwood University
- Registered: 2004-09-30
- Posts: 754
- Website
Re: The adventure of physics - on 1300 free pages
Hi Christoph,
Welcome to ilovephysics.com. Normally we would consider this spam, but since I'm familiar with your work and I like it, then it's entirely appropriate. 
Chemists are physicists who don't do math.
- motionmountain
- New Member
- Registered: 2006-05-21
- Posts: 4
Re: The adventure of physics - on 1300 free pages
OK.
Anaway, there is bo commercial interest: nothing sold, no ads.
It is just made to enjoy physics.
Christoph Schiller
- motionmountain
- New Member
- Registered: 2006-05-21
- Posts: 4
Re: The adventure of physics - on 1300 free pages
Chris, I hope this message is ok:
I have put the new, twentieth edition of my freely
downloadable physics textbook in pdf form on
http://www.motionmountain.eu
Over 1380 pages lead through the whole of physics, from
mechanics to relativity, electrodynamics, thermodynamics,
quantum theory, nuclear physics and unification. Many
explanations across the text have been improved, often
triggered by the input of readers across the internet.
Thank you to all of them.
The twentieth edition now contains a dozen animations
and films: generation and motion of electromagnetic waves,
leap-frogging vortex rings, jumping snakes, the propagation
of solitons and dromions, growing ice crystals,
rotating atomic orbitals, the actin-myosin system
in muscles in action, and Dirac's belt trick.
The twentieth edition also introduces robots that walk on
water, explains how to observe the polarization of light with
the unaided human eye (in the same way as honey bees do),
includes a clearer explanation of the curl of a function,
introduces dromions and the challenge to observe them in
everyday life, shows how to produce floating plasma clouds
similar to ball lighting, improves the explanation of quantum
mechanics, tells more about the Galilean satellites, tells
how to compare the density of the Moon and the Sun by looking
at the sea, mentions the world records for running backwards
and the attempts to break the speed sailing record, tells in
more detail how to learn from books with as little effort as
possible, includes thermographic images, shows a photograph
of each element, explains more clearly the generation of
electromagnetic radiation, presents the polarized car
headlight problem, and includes many new puzzles.
Enjoy the reading.
Christoph Schiller
- motionmountain
- New Member
- Registered: 2006-05-21
- Posts: 4
Re: The adventure of physics - on 1300 free pages
A sequel to the message posted at the beginning of the year:
The new, twenty-first edition of the freely
downloadable physics textbook is available on
http://www.motionmountain.eu
Almost 1500 pages lead through the whole of physics, from
mechanics to relativity, electrodynamics, thermodynamics,
quantum theory, nuclear physics, astrophysics and
unification. Over hundred new figures and tables, and
numerous explanations have been added, with many
examples from animals, plants and machines.
The twenty-first edition now explains why the speed of
light is too slow to speculate with success on the stock
exchange, adds the second-level bear fur colour puzzle and
the young mother puzzle, presents the nearest place with
a pressure permanently lower than that of the atmosphere,
adds the puzzle about the horse and the snail on a rubber,
tells more about metamaterials, adds some simple chemical
puzzles, presents what incredible things on atomic layers
one can discover using a pencil and sticky tape, tells
more on biological rhythms and clocks, explains how to
observe the rotation of the Earth in any classroom after
two seconds of observation, shows an electric effect
observed on many playgrounds, shows the beauty of bursting
soap bubbles and bouncing tennis balls, explains how it is
possible to observe the motion of single, isolated
electrons, gives more details on the shape of the proton,
and tells how to build the simplest possible radio
control system.
The first 360 pages are available also in French, due to
the great work of Benoit Clenet, and can be downloaded from
the bienvenue page.
A wiki open to everybody now keeps track of misprints
and suggestions.
Enjoy the reading!
Christoph Schiller
- Martin
- Moderator
- From: Earth
- Registered: 2004-10-04
- Posts: 369
Re: The adventure of physics - on 1300 free pages
I heartily recommend Christoph's book to the ilovephysics.com community. It's an insightful, well-written, evolving labor of love by a very talented physicist and all-around nice fellow  (I've chatted with him a couple of times in the past).
The truth is out there.
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