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Science for Everyone – Yes, No Or Maybe

Posted on December 19, 2011 by damitr

This time in the Science for Everyone series we come to a text on Statistics, this one is named Yes, No Or Maybe and is written by Ya. I Khurgin. This is what the back cover of the book says: … Continue reading →

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Science for Everyone – This Fascinating Astronomy

Posted on December 8, 2011 by damitr

We now come to another book in Science for Everyone Series, this one is titled This Fascinating Astronomy by V. N . Komarov. This book goes a step further than the two other astronomy books (All About The Telescope, A … Continue reading →

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Science for Everyone – Aptitude Test Problems in Physics

Posted on December 5, 2011 by damitr

This book, which is a collection of physics aptitude test problems, draws on the experience of the physics olympiads conducted during the last fifteen years among the schoolchildren of Moscow. In Science for Everyone series we now come to a … Continue reading →

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Science for Everyone – The Greatest Speed

Posted on December 2, 2011 by damitr

We now come to another one in the Science for Everyone Series. This one is all about c; The Greatest Speed, the speed of light by S. R. Filonovich. The book opens with a dialogue from Galileo’s book and opens … Continue reading →

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Science for Everyone – Problems in Plane Geometry

Posted on December 1, 2011 by damitr

As told in the last post, we now come to the Problems in Plane Geometry by I. F. Sharygin in the Science for Everyone series. In the preface Sharygin says: This volume contains over 600 problems in plane geometry and … Continue reading →

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Science for Everyone – Problems in Solid Geometry

Posted on December 1, 2011 by damitr

We are still on the Science for Everyone series. This post is first of two books by I. F. Sharygin. The two books are problem and solution books in geometry. In this post the Problems in Solid Geometry is taken … Continue reading →

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Science for Everyone – Differential Equations in Applications

Posted on November 30, 2011 by damitr

Continuing the Science for Everyone Series we now come to Differential Equations in Applications by V. V. Amel’kin From the back cover: This book is an easy-reading introduction to ordinary differential equations and their use in the study of real … Continue reading →

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Science for Everyone – Physical Paradoxes and Sophisms

Posted on November 30, 2011 by damitr

Now we come to a book in the Science for Everyone series which eluded me for years, only to be found with one of my dear friends. This book is Physical Paradoxes and Sophisms by V. N. Lange. Long before … Continue reading →

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Science for Everyone – Physics and Geometry of Disorder – Percolation Theory

Posted on November 28, 2011 by damitr

We now come to another gem in the Science For Everyone series, Physics and Geometry of Disorder – Percolation Theory by A. L. Efros. From the back cover: This book is  about percolation theory and its various applications, which occur mostly … Continue reading →

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Science for Everyone – Temperature

Posted on November 28, 2011 by damitr

This book on temperature was written to explain how physical concepts arise, how new methods of measuring physical quantities are developed, and how the progress in physics makes well-worn concepts move into modern fields of physics of which our predecessors … Continue reading →

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