Can You Feel the Force? Putting the Fizz Back Into Physics

Science News,  August 19, 2006  

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CAN YOU FEEL THE FORCE? Putting the Fizz Back into Physics

RICHARD HAMMOND

Physics is the science of action. With it, we can explain why the planets orbit the sun, why a ball bounces, and why you feel that brief sensation of weightlessness on a roller coaster as it plunges down a steep incline. Using easy-to-understand text and colorful images, Hammond, host of a British television show about science, introduces young readers to the world of forces, energy, and light. He begins with a summary of how early scientists, from Aristotle to Galileo, studied physics. He explains g-forces and how machines can multiply force to aid work. He explains the phenomena of lift and drag and how they work to keep planes aloft and on course. Chock-full of facts and explanatory illustrations, this is a book designed to make physics accessible and exciting. Age 5 to 8. DK Pub., 2006, 96 p., color illus, and photos, hardcover, $15.99.

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