Tag Archives: popular science

Something Called Nothing – Podolny

Posted on November 24, 2013 by The Mitr

The present book relates the history of views, the development of ideas, often ones that are still in the making. In this post we will see a book about nothing! The curios title of the book is Something Called Nothing … Continue reading →

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Sounds We Cannot Hear – Kudryavtsev

Posted on June 6, 2013 by damitr
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Physics for Everyone via magnet links

Posted on June 28, 2012 by damitr

The 5 books of the Physics for Everyone series have been uploaded to magnet links. The link has following files: Physics for Everyone: Motion, Heat- L. D. Landau, A. I. Kitaigorodsky (1978) pp. 478 Physics for Everyone – Book 1 … Continue reading →

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On Rare and Scattered Metals – Venetsky

Posted on June 22, 2012 by damitr

In this post we will see a book titled On Rare and Scattered Metals by S. Venetsky, which is a sort of sequel to the book titled Tales About Metals. This book tells about some rare metals (including those called … Continue reading →

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Yakov Perelman – Figures For Fun

Posted on May 23, 2012 by damitr

We now come to another book by Yakov Perelman called Figures for Fun. Again this work went through a lot of editions and was translated into many Indian languages. From the Preface To read and enjoy this book it will … Continue reading →

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Yakov Perelman – Astronomy for Entertainment

Posted on May 23, 2012 by damitr

Continuing with Yakov Perelman, we now come to Astronomy for Entertainment. This is a book that I have read as a digital copy only. I do not know if there are any translations in Indian languages, but I know of … Continue reading →

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Yakov Perelman – Physics for Entertainment

Posted on May 23, 2012 by damitr

We now come to Physics for Entertainment by Yakov Perelman. This was one of the first physics books that I have read. The book as was noted in the earlier post has been translated in various Indian languages. These are … Continue reading →

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Yakov Perelman – Fun with Maths and Physics

Posted on May 23, 2012 by damitr

We have talked about Yakov Perelman in detail in an earlier post. We now see one of the wonderful works of him titled Fun with Maths and Physics. This particular edition was compiled by I. I. Prusakov and was translated … Continue reading →

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Did You Say Mathematics?

Posted on April 16, 2012 by damitr

We have seen one book by Yakov Khurgin previously in the Science for Everyone series named Yes, No  Or Maybe . Now we come to another book by him with the title Did You Say Mathematics? The back cover of … Continue reading →

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Three Thousand Years of Magnets – V. P. Kartsev

Posted on March 14, 2012 by damitr

We now come to a wonderful book titled Three Thousand Years of Magnets by V. P. Kartsev. The introduction of the book says: The universe is magnetic, from its vast, distant nebulae right down to elementary particles, and man is … Continue reading →

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