Brainteaser physics challenging physics puzzlers - Grimvall, Göran (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2007)
Includes bibliographical references (p. [149]-155) and index
Preface -- -- - 1 - Ten hits -- - Dinghy in pool -- - Ice in water -- - Accident in aqueduct -- - Floating candle -- - Running in the rain -- - Reaching out -- - Resistor cube -- - One, two, three, infinity -- - Lost energy -- - Simple timetable -- - 2 - No math required -- - Moving backward? -- - Heating water -- - Bright lamps? -- - Low pressure -- - Site for harbor -- - More gas? -- - High tension -- - Ocean surface -- - Mariotte's bottle -- - 3 - Are you sure? -- - Bicycle on a rope -- - Boats in a lock -- - Humming transformer -- - What is the charge? -- - Two wooden blocks -- - Shot in a pot -- - Filling a barrel -- - Tube with sand -- - Sauna energy -- - Slapstick -- - 4 - Forces and currents -- - Separated boxes -- - Dropped books -- - The egg of Columbus -- - Helium or hydrogen in the balloon? -- - Lightbulb found in a drugstore? -- - Bright or dark? -- - Yin and Yang -- - Rise and fall of a ball -- - Elevator accident -- - 5 - Not exact but still relevant -- - What is your volume? -- - On the move -- - Shot put and pole vault -- - Record stadium -- - Grains of sand -- - Cooling coffee -- - Time for contact -- - Socrates' blood -- - 6 - Challenges for your creativity -- - Iron bars -- - Faulty balance -- - Greek geometry -- - The sugar box -- - The catenary -- - False impressions -- - Testing the hammer -- - Which way? -- - Three switches -- - Pulse beats -- - Fake energy statistics -- - Coda -- - Further reading -- - Index