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Drawing Physics

Drawing Physics

Don Lemons
Role: Author
Written by a highly influential Professor of Physics Emeritus at Bethel College

Humans have been trying to understand the physical universe since antiquity. Aristotle had one vision and Einstein another. More often than not, these different understandings begin with a simple drawing, a pre-mathematical picture of reality. Such drawings are a humble but effective tool of the physicist’s craft, part of the tradition of thinking, teaching, and learning passed down through the centuries. This book uses drawings to help explain fifty-one key ideas of physics accessibly and engagingly. Don Lemons, a professor of physics and author of several physics books, pairs short, elegantly written essays with simple drawings that together convey important concepts from the history of physical science.