MOTION MOUNTAIN

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coverThis free e-book in six colour pdf files introduces physics, the science of motion. Enjoy finding out what fireworks, love and butterflies have in common, how muscles work, how colours appear, how levitation is possible, why we can see the stars and which problems in physics are still unsolved.

zippdfClick here to download all 6 pdf volumes of the free Motion Mountain Physics Textbook (edition 25 of spring 2012) as a single zip file, in full colour, with embedded films and animations, in English. Attention, large file: 180 MB. Every page is wonderful and captivating – promised!

Using hundreds of colour pictures, embedded films, stories and puzzles, the pdf files tell about sport, raindrops and animal life (mechanics, gravity and heat), about moving empty space and the sky at night (relativity and the structure of the universe), about lightning, lasers and nerves (electricity, optics, the brain, language and truth), and about colours, pleasure and the stars (quantum physics, nuclear physics and radioactivity). If you are interested, a separate volume tells about the search for a final, unified theory of physics.

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Be fascinated by the beauty of nature and the concepts of modern physics, from the principle of cosmic laziness – least action – to gauge symmetry! The text guarantees to be entertaining, surprising and challenging on every page. If you are between the age of 16 and 106, you will enjoy it. These videos show why. Motion Mountain is written for pupils, students, teachers and anybody curious about nature. It has been downloaded over 150 000 times. A number of younger readers liked it so much that they decided to study physics at university.

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