Physics on Your Feet: Berkeley Graduate Exam Questions: or Ninety Minutes of Shame but a PhD for the Rest of Your Life!

Physics on Your Feet: Berkeley Graduate Exam Questions: or Ninety Minutes of Shame but a PhD for the Rest of Your Life!

Budker, Dmitry
Sushkov, Alexander O.

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Tests and develops physics intuition Covers all major areas of physics Shows how to find a simple answer to a seemingly hard question Contains dry humour and cartoons to help take the edge of exam preparation Not too many formulas, but uses math where needed Physics on Your Feet gives a collection of physics problems covering the broad range of topics in classical and modern physics that were, or could have been, asked at oral PhD exams at Berkeley. The questions are easy to formulate, but some of them can only be answered using an out-of-the-box approach. Detailed solutions are provided, from which the reader is guaranteed to learn a lot about the physicists' way of thinking. The book is also packed full of cartoons and dry humour to help take the edge off the stress and anxiety surrounding exams. This is a helpful guide to students preparing for their exams, as well as to University lecturers looking for good instructive problems. No exams are necessary to enjoy the book!

  • ISBN: 978-0-19-968166-2
  • Editorial: OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS.
  • Encuadernacion: Rústica
  • Páginas: 224
  • Fecha Publicación: 29/01/2015
  • Nº Volúmenes: 1
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