To have no understanding of basic physics in an industrial society is to be ignorant in a debilitating way; even if you don’t like science and technology, there’s no point in being blind. But learning physics is tough if you aren’t adept at calculus. Until now. The following three books, Conceptual Physics, Thinking Physics, Relativity Visualized, are marvels of clarity — entirely free of author ego-brandishing that so often clouds explanatory writing.
Conceptual Physics is the whole bit right up to a nibble at quantum physics. Thinking Physics is a set of fun and maddening questions that force you to use your noodle (and what you’ve learned in the first book). Relativity Visualized is just that, and a good job of it, too.
