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Physics for Future Presidents: The Science Behind the Headlines by Richard A. Muller

Physics for Future Presidents: The Science Behind the Headlines Richard A. Muller ebook
Publisher: Norton, W. W. & Company, Inc.
ISBN: 9780393337112
Page: 384
Format: pdf

Even active readers of serious journalism will be surprised by the lessons that the book contains. Norton, $26.95 (288p) ISBN 978-0-393-08161-9. "Physics for Future Presidents: the science behind the headlines," Muller. It is must-have information for all presidents—and citizens—of the twenty-first century. Although Berkeley's free video course Physics C10/LS C70V: Physics for future Presidents AKA Descriptive Introduction to Physics is not the answer to all of these questions, it will explain the basic physics that is necessary to critically evaluate much of the information that inundates us each day. What resources do you use to get comprehensively educated about the principles of science and technology and how they are changing our civilization so rapidly? The conceit is a little irritating, particularly because he only mentions it every 40 pages or so: You, the reader, will be president of the United States. The non-fiction nominees are: * Physics for Future Presidents: The Science Behind the Headlines, Richard A. Physics for Future Presidents—the Science Behind the Headlines, Chapter One, briefly discusses aircraft impact, energy contained in the jet fuel, and the ''sledgehammer'' effect crushing the intact structure floor by floor. * The Dominant Animal: Human Evolution and the Environment, Paul R. Energy for Future Presidents: The Science Behind the Headlines.