Lewis Carroll Epstein
{{Short description|American physicist and science writer}}
Lewis Carroll Epstein is the author of layman's books on physics that use an idiosyncratic mix of cartoons and single-page brain teasers to pull the reader into advanced concepts in classical mechanics, quantum theory, and relativity.{{Cite web| title = Open Library description for Thinking physics is Gedanken Physics (ol = 18198258M) }}{{Cite book| title = Amazon.com Editorial product description for Thinking Physics|isbn = 0935218084|last1 = Epstein|first1 = Lewis C.|year = 2002}}
His books "Thinking Physics" and "Thinking Physics is Gedanken Physics" have been republished for almost 30 years, the former being on the Exploratorium recommended science reading list.{{Cite web| title = Open Library republication dates for Thinking Physics (ol = 8712446W)}}{{Cite web| title = Open Library republication dates for Thinking Physics is Gedanken Physics (ol = 8712447W)}}{{Cite web| url = http://www.exploratorium.edu/snacks/snacksupplies.html | title = Exploratorium reading list| date = 25 February 2015}} He credits his teaching style to experience presenting technical testimony to trial juries and congressional hearings.Epstein, Lewis, Thinking Physics is Gedanken Physics, {{ISBN|0-935218-06-8}}
Bibliography
= Non-fiction =
- Thinking Physics is Gedanken Physics (1979, {{ISBN|0-935218-06-8}})
- Thinking Physics (1981, {{ISBN|978-0-935218-02-2}}), co-authored with physicist Paul G. Hewitt[https://books.google.com/books?id=8NmD9aR_U14C&dq=%22Thinking+Physics%22+is+fascinating+to+dip+into%2C+even+for+the+informed+physicist+The+New+Scientist&pg=PA740 New Scientist review of Thinking Physics] by John Gribbin, December 10, 1981
- Thinking Physics, Understandable Practical Reality, Third Edition (2009 {{ISBN|978-0-935218-08-4}}), author and illustrator Lewis Carroll Epstein {{Citation
|publisher = Insight Press
|location = San Francisco
|title = Thinking physics
|author = Lewis Carroll Epstein
|edition = Thinking Physics, Third
|date = 2009|ol = 24234250M
}}
- translated into German by Hans-Erhard Lessing as Denksport-Physik: Fragen und Antworten[https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/162407633 WorldCat]
- Relativity Visualized (1984, {{ISBN|0-935218-03-3}}), held in over 7000 libraries.[https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/9874232 WorldCat]
- Relativity Visualized "The Gold Nugget of Relativity Books" (2000, {{ISBN|978-0-935218-05-3}}),{{cite web | url=https://openlibrary.org/works/OL8712445W/Relativity_Visualized_The_Gold_Nugget_of_Relativity_Books | title=Relativity Visualized "The Gold Nugget of Relativity Books" (June 1, 2000 edition) | Open Library }}
- translated into German edition Relativitätstheorie anschaulich dargestellt : Gedankenexperimente, Zeichnungen, Bilder [https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/64937461 WorldCat]
References
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External links
Book Reviews:
- http://relative2charmquark.wordpress.com/2011/04/12/thinking-physics/
- https://web.archive.org/web/20110824105821/http://physicsbookhub.blogspot.com/2011/03/thinking-physics-understandable.html
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