Living Physics II. - Thermology and photonics

A glassy professor, the wizard of physics, wore black-rimmed glasses in his old age, so he can be seen in his legendary TV series. Anyone who reads this book may feel as if he is wearing the magic glasses, for he will no longer look at the world as he did before. He sees the laws and rules of physics behind the phenomena. This time József Öveges tells us about light and warmth. Although we click on the lamp every morning and warm up next to a radiator on cold evenings, we rarely wonder about the light and heat phenomena around us. If we read this book - looking through the professor’s glasses, everything changes! Looking at a mirror, we may calculate the angle of incidence of the light and reflect on the heat conduction of the pan while frying eggs. And in the biggest storm, we think about why clouds don’t fall from the sky. Like the other pieces in the Öveges series, this volume has been made with refurbished figures, and the units of measurement in the text, in line with school education, are in the SI system. With the questions and tasks at the end of the chapters, anyone can test their acquired knowledge. Professor Glassy’s book is a ticket to a special and exciting world where you can’t get bored of adventure!