Why Cats Land on Their Feet: And 76 Other Physical Paradoxes and Puzzles

by Mark Levi

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Ever wonder why cats land on their feet? Or what holds a spinning top upright? Or whether it is possible to feel the Earth's rotation in an airplane? Why Cats Land on Their Feet is a compendium of paradoxes and puzzles that readers can solve using their own physical intuition. And the surprising answers to virtually all of these astonishing paradoxes can be arrived at with no formal knowledge of physics.

Mark Levi introduces each...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0691148546

ISBN13:9780691148540

Release Date:May 2012

Publisher:Princeton University Press

Length:208 Pages

Weight:0.60 lbs.

Dimensions:0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"

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