Lewis Carroll Epstein

Lewis Carroll Epstein is the author of layman's books on physics that use an idiosyncratic mix of cartoons and single-page brain teasers to pull the reader into advanced concepts in classical mechanics, quantum theory, and relativity.^[1][2]

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.^[3][4][5] He credits his teaching style to experience presenting technical testimony to trial juries and congressional hearings.^[6]

Bibliography

Non-fiction

• Thinking Physics is Gedanken Physics (1979, ISBN 0-935218-06-8)
• Thinking Physics (1981, ISBN 978-0-935218-02-2), co-authored with physicist Paul G. Hewitt^[7]

• Thinking Physics, Understandable Practical Reality, Third Edition (2009 ISBN 978-0-935218-08-4), author and illustrator Lewis Carroll Epstein^[1] Lewis Carroll Epstein (2009), Thinking physics (Thinking Physics, Third Edition ed.), San Francisco: Insight Press 
  • translated into German by Hans-Erhard Lessing as Denksport-Physik: Fragen und Antworten^[8]
• Relativity Visualized (1984, ISBN 0-935218-03-3), held in over 7000 libraries.^[9]
• Relativity Visualized "The Gold Nugget of Relativity Books" (2000, ISBN 978-0-935218-05-3),^[10]
  • translated into German edition Relativitätstheorie anschaulich dargestellt : Gedankenexperimente, Zeichnungen, Bilder ^[11]

References

External links

Book Reviews:

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