Lewis Carroll Epstein is the author of layman's books on physics

Physics

Physics is a natural science that involves the study of matter and its motion through spacetime, along with related concepts such as energy and force. More broadly, it is the general analysis of nature, conducted in order to understand how the universe behaves.Physics is one of the oldest academic...

 that use an idiosyncratic mix of cartoons and single-page brain teasers to pull the reader into advanced concepts in classical mechanics

Classical mechanics

In physics, classical mechanics is one of the two major sub-fields of mechanics, which is concerned with the set of physical laws describing the motion of bodies under the action of a system of forces...

, quantum theory

Quantum theory

Quantum theory may mean:In science:*Quantum mechanics: a subset of quantum physics explaining the physical behaviours at atomic and sub-atomic levels*Old quantum theory under the Bohr model...

, and relativity

Theory of relativity

The theory of relativity, or simply relativity, encompasses two theories of Albert Einstein: special relativity and general relativity. However, the word relativity is sometimes used in reference to Galilean invariance....

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His books "Thinking Physics" and "Thinking Physics is Gedanken Physics" have been republished for almost 30 years, the former being on the Exploratorium recommended science reading list. He credits his teaching style to experience presenting technical testimony to trial juries and congressional hearings.

Non-fiction

• Thinking Physics is Gedanken Physics (1979, ISBN 0935218068)
• Thinking Physics (1981, ISBN 9780935218022), co-authored with physicist Paul G. Hewitt
  Paul G. Hewitt
  Paul G. Hewitt is an American physicist, former boxer, uranium prospector, author, and cartoonist born in Saugus, Massachusetts in 1930. Hewitt lives in both Hilo, Hawaii and St. Petersburg, Florida with his wife.-Conceptual physics:...
  
  

• Thinking Physics, Understandable Practical Reality, Third Edition (2009 ISBN 978-0935218084), author and illustrator Lewis Carroll Epstein
  • • translated into German by Hans-Erhard Lessing as Denksport-Physik: Fragen und Antworten
  • Relativity Visualized (1984, ISBN 0935218033), held in over 7000 libraries.
  • Relativity Visualized "The Gold Nugget of Relativity Books" (2000, ISBN 9780935218053),http://openlibrary.org/works/OL8712445W/Relativity_Visualized_The_Gold_Nugget_of_Relativity_Books http://openlibrary.org/works/OL8712445W/Relativity_Visualized_The_Gold_Nugget_of_Relativity_Books
  
  
  ***translated into German edition Relativitätstheorie anschaulich dargestellt : Gedankenexperimente, Zeichnungen, Bilder
  

  External links

  Book Reviews:
  • http://relative2charmquark.wordpress.com/2011/04/12/thinking-physics/
  • http://physicsbookhub.blogspot.com/2011/03/thinking-physics-understandable.html
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