--- product_id: 2308130 title: "Thinking Physics: Understandable Practical Reality" price: "₱5271" currency: PHP in_stock: true reviews_count: 13 url: https://www.desertcart.ph/products/2308130-thinking-physics-understandable-practical-reality store_origin: PH region: Philippines --- # Thinking Physics: Understandable Practical Reality **Price:** ₱5271 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Thinking Physics: Understandable Practical Reality - **How much does it cost?** ₱5271 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.ph](https://www.desertcart.ph/products/2308130-thinking-physics-understandable-practical-reality) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description Lewis Carroll Epstein explains deep ideas in physics in an easy-to-understand way. Thinking Physics is a perfect beginner’s guide to an amazingly wide range of physics-related questions. The book targets topics that science teachers and students spend time wondering about, like wing lift. Epstein elucidates the familiar but misunderstood — such as how tides work — along with more obscure but fascinating phenomena like the “Bernoulli sub” and the “artificial aurora” created by hydrogen bombs. Broken into many short sections and peppered with Epstein’s own playful hand-drawn illustrations, the book does not simply give the right answer: It also goes into the answers that seem right but are wrong and shows why they are wrong — a rarity in science books. Thinking Physics is a rigorously correct, lighthearted, and cleverly designed Q and A book for physicists of all ages. Review: Should be forced on every high school student - Every so often I pick up a book that I wish I read 10 years ago. Feynman's Lectures on Physics and Van Hess's Thermodynamics are among these, as well as Polya's How To Solve It for those more mathematically inclined. These would have certainly saved me from much confusion during my college engineering curriculum, for they focus on teaching the material to the reader, as opposed to masking it in the equations of a textbook. Some lucky folks have the ability to glance at equations and immediately grasp their meaning; for the other 99.99% of us, an intuitive explanation replete with real-world analogies helps to bring the meaning to life. With a presentation both unique and entertaining, Lewis Carroll Epstein's Thinking Physics has certainly claimed a rightful seat at the roundtable of wonderful didactic books. Every page poses a question that challenges the reader on his view of the physical world, and nearly every answer tears down the fallacies of his intuition. Socrates would have been proud of the format, with each new question expanding on concepts developed in earlier answers. One of the 1-star reviews mentioned a lack of organization. This criticism completely misses the point. It is NOT a textbook, so "obviously" it will lack some of the rigorous development of concepts and precise organization that you would expect in a physics text. It IS a popular physics book with lots of cartoony pictures that a kid in elementary school could both enjoy and understand. At the same time, the insights will help build anyone's physics intuition, regardless of age. I read this book when I was 30. I have since started going through problems in Kleppner and Kolenkow and some other more advanced texts, and I really think this book helped. Review: Best Physics Book Ever - I used to use this as a supplementary text book when I taught high school science - now using to supplement home schooling for 4th and 6th graders. Questions are thought provoking, lead to great concepts teaching. Unbelievable how this book can be used from 4th grade to high school/college and be appropriate for all. If you really want a fundamental understanding of how things actually work with clever intriguing problems that will hook you in - this book can not be beat. ## Features - Used Book in Good Condition ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #51,400 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #35 in Children's Physics Books (Books) #296 in Physics (Books) | | Customer Reviews | 4.5 out of 5 stars 179 Reviews | ## Images ![Thinking Physics: Understandable Practical Reality - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/816YWlen--L.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Should be forced on every high school student *by B***J on September 22, 2009* Every so often I pick up a book that I wish I read 10 years ago. Feynman's Lectures on Physics and Van Hess's Thermodynamics are among these, as well as Polya's How To Solve It for those more mathematically inclined. These would have certainly saved me from much confusion during my college engineering curriculum, for they focus on teaching the material to the reader, as opposed to masking it in the equations of a textbook. Some lucky folks have the ability to glance at equations and immediately grasp their meaning; for the other 99.99% of us, an intuitive explanation replete with real-world analogies helps to bring the meaning to life. With a presentation both unique and entertaining, Lewis Carroll Epstein's Thinking Physics has certainly claimed a rightful seat at the roundtable of wonderful didactic books. Every page poses a question that challenges the reader on his view of the physical world, and nearly every answer tears down the fallacies of his intuition. Socrates would have been proud of the format, with each new question expanding on concepts developed in earlier answers. One of the 1-star reviews mentioned a lack of organization. This criticism completely misses the point. It is NOT a textbook, so "obviously" it will lack some of the rigorous development of concepts and precise organization that you would expect in a physics text. It IS a popular physics book with lots of cartoony pictures that a kid in elementary school could both enjoy and understand. At the same time, the insights will help build anyone's physics intuition, regardless of age. I read this book when I was 30. I have since started going through problems in Kleppner and Kolenkow and some other more advanced texts, and I really think this book helped. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Best Physics Book Ever *by J***P on July 30, 2020* I used to use this as a supplementary text book when I taught high school science - now using to supplement home schooling for 4th and 6th graders. Questions are thought provoking, lead to great concepts teaching. Unbelievable how this book can be used from 4th grade to high school/college and be appropriate for all. If you really want a fundamental understanding of how things actually work with clever intriguing problems that will hook you in - this book can not be beat. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A fine addition to any science library *by A***S on March 2, 2008* An excellent low-math book that covers many everyday concepts in physics, allows anyone to think through everyday problems and gain experience in thinking without doing calculations or sitting through endless ball-rolling-down-ramp labs. It shows ways that physicists and scientifically literate people think about physics problems in general terms. I've seen it on many shelves- grad students, postdocs and professors, teaching or not, since my undergrad days 25 years ago , alongside Art of Electronics, Jackson, Halliday/Resnik , and a book of integrals. Fine for junior- and high school students, and even younger with parental guidance. Many kids have sensible questions about why e.g. a bike stays up or who you really wouldn't want to run into on a football field, and the answers to them, and nice sketches too. ## Frequently Bought Together - Thinking Physics: Understandable Practical Reality - Thing Explainer: Complicated Stuff in Simple Words - Six Easy Pieces: Essentials of Physics Explained by Its Most Brilliant Teacher --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.ph/products/2308130-thinking-physics-understandable-practical-reality](https://www.desertcart.ph/products/2308130-thinking-physics-understandable-practical-reality) --- *Product available on Desertcart Philippines* *Store origin: PH* *Last updated: 2026-05-22*