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Author(s): Joseph LeBlanc
Close to you there is something happening that can be understood with the tools of Physics. The purpose of this workbook is to make you aware of some of these phenomena and give you guidance and practice of how to understand them by doing observations, measurements, estimating some values, and calculating a result. Most problems in this workbook would qualify as “back of the envelope calculations”.
Author(s): Joseph LeBlanc
Students are usually curious about experiencing physics phenomena, for example, feeling a torque, sensing heat transfer, observing the spectra of light, and measuring voltages and currents. If presented in a proper way, these experiences will excite the imagination and understanding. By creating a stronger experience, the likelihood of transferring these ideas to long-term memory and understanding is increased. That is more important than learning to solve clever numerical problems with no sense of relevance to life or career.
