Physics of All Seasons
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Book Introduction
Everyone becomes a physicist once a day!
A physicist at the Max Planck Institute in Germany
A science textbook that explores the world of everyday life through the lens of physics.
★★★ Highly recommended by Professor Kim Beom-jun of Sungkyunkwan University! ★★★
★★★ Everyday physics, from spring to winter, explored through the four seasons! ★★★
★★★ Includes over 50 illustrations drawn by the author to help you understand physical phenomena ★★★
This book is written by an author who became a true physicist because of his love for physics, and introduces the wondrous world of physics hidden in everyday life.
Rather than simply listing interesting scientific stories, it provides an experience in which familiar scenes surrounding the four seasons of spring, summer, fall, and winter are reborn through the language of 'physics.'
Through this, the author tells us that small, intricate laws that are invisible to the eye govern the world, and that they exist in every moment of our lives that we pass by without noticing.
As you read the book, as if you were reading a collection of essays, you will soon come to accept physics as an instinctive 'feeling' rather than a 'understanding'.
A physicist at the Max Planck Institute in Germany
A science textbook that explores the world of everyday life through the lens of physics.
★★★ Highly recommended by Professor Kim Beom-jun of Sungkyunkwan University! ★★★
★★★ Everyday physics, from spring to winter, explored through the four seasons! ★★★
★★★ Includes over 50 illustrations drawn by the author to help you understand physical phenomena ★★★
This book is written by an author who became a true physicist because of his love for physics, and introduces the wondrous world of physics hidden in everyday life.
Rather than simply listing interesting scientific stories, it provides an experience in which familiar scenes surrounding the four seasons of spring, summer, fall, and winter are reborn through the language of 'physics.'
Through this, the author tells us that small, intricate laws that are invisible to the eye govern the world, and that they exist in every moment of our lives that we pass by without noticing.
As you read the book, as if you were reading a collection of essays, you will soon come to accept physics as an instinctive 'feeling' rather than a 'understanding'.
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index
Prologue | Hello, I'm a "Physics Addict."
Chapter 1.
spring
- Even if it's just a single leap - impact, friction, GPS
- Our little bucket list: magnetic properties, electric motors, and the aurora.
- Physicist's Time - Periodic motion, atomic layers, piezoelectric effect
- The Light of Quantum Mechanics to Brighten a Tired Day - Binding, Water, and Blackbody Radiation
- | Business Trip 1 | Spring Conference in the UK - Nuclear and Liquefaction Technology
Chapter 2.
summer
- Office in the middle of the day under the blazing sun - evaporation, heat exchange, radiant heat, quantum jump
- Speed is needed in the mart _Symbols, refrigeration technology, and induced discharge
- How to avoid the sun - Light waves, photosynthesis, pendulum motion
- Light that illuminates the invisible - X-rays, interference effects, diffraction phenomena
- | Business Trip 2 | Summer Workshop in France - Synchrotron Radiation Accelerator, 'Tears of Wine,' Spin Valve
Chapter 3.
autumn
- Electrons, trapped in energy - Hall effect, quantum Hall effect, superlattice, heterostructure
- On the way to work on an autumn day - Scattering of light, the photoelectric effect, superconductors
- Autumn foliage by the lake - Doppler effect, buoyancy, hydrogen bonding
- Fall is the season of baseball - radar, vertical force, fastball
- No more, no less, just like Chuseok - Moon, liquid epitaxy, solar cells
Chapter 4.
winter
Espresso on a tilted Earth - Latitude, insulation, and water vapor pressure
- Warm colors created by physics - free electrons, gold, impurities, semiconductors
- Things that melt the winter kingdom - freezing point, density of water, and heat generation
- | Business Trip 3 | A Plane to New York in the Winter Sky - Turbines, Air Force, and Special Relativity
Epilogue | To my fellow physicists
Chapter 1.
spring
- Even if it's just a single leap - impact, friction, GPS
- Our little bucket list: magnetic properties, electric motors, and the aurora.
- Physicist's Time - Periodic motion, atomic layers, piezoelectric effect
- The Light of Quantum Mechanics to Brighten a Tired Day - Binding, Water, and Blackbody Radiation
- | Business Trip 1 | Spring Conference in the UK - Nuclear and Liquefaction Technology
Chapter 2.
summer
- Office in the middle of the day under the blazing sun - evaporation, heat exchange, radiant heat, quantum jump
- Speed is needed in the mart _Symbols, refrigeration technology, and induced discharge
- How to avoid the sun - Light waves, photosynthesis, pendulum motion
- Light that illuminates the invisible - X-rays, interference effects, diffraction phenomena
- | Business Trip 2 | Summer Workshop in France - Synchrotron Radiation Accelerator, 'Tears of Wine,' Spin Valve
Chapter 3.
autumn
- Electrons, trapped in energy - Hall effect, quantum Hall effect, superlattice, heterostructure
- On the way to work on an autumn day - Scattering of light, the photoelectric effect, superconductors
- Autumn foliage by the lake - Doppler effect, buoyancy, hydrogen bonding
- Fall is the season of baseball - radar, vertical force, fastball
- No more, no less, just like Chuseok - Moon, liquid epitaxy, solar cells
Chapter 4.
winter
Espresso on a tilted Earth - Latitude, insulation, and water vapor pressure
- Warm colors created by physics - free electrons, gold, impurities, semiconductors
- Things that melt the winter kingdom - freezing point, density of water, and heat generation
- | Business Trip 3 | A Plane to New York in the Winter Sky - Turbines, Air Force, and Special Relativity
Epilogue | To my fellow physicists
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Into the book
The world seen by a physicist is all 'writing'.
It was precisely woven with the material that follows the grammar of physics.
The color and texture of each material has its own reason, and even the sunlight and starlight shining down from the sky have their own story.
Humans are also a part of nature.
So, for someone who loves physics, nature is a poetry book full of beautiful phrases.
--- From "Prologue: Hello, I am a 'physics addict'"
But that doesn't mean black body radiation has disappeared.
The wavelength of light is longer, so it is emitting light outside the visible light range that is invisible to our eyes.
Like a lukewarm incandescent light bulb, the stars in the night sky and the objects in the room that feel cold all emit their own light that can only be explained by quantum mechanics.
--- 「Chapter 1.
From "Spring: The Power of Quantum Mechanics to Brighten a Tired Day"
The ideal human walking is a pendulum motion.
I'm talking about the pendulum motion, where a weight attached to the end of a stick swings like a grandfather clock.
When you take a step forward, your center of gravity rises slightly, then passes the highest point and comes back down.
If you change your foot again and take a step forward, the next pendulum movement occurs.
--- 「Chapter 2.
From "How to Avoid the Summer Sun"
Until my third year of college, the graphs I drew of my calculation results were always smooth curves.
Now, this graph was not natural at all.
Zero resistance?! And it was incredible that a material could suddenly transform from a metal to a superconductor.
My colleagues and I were all excited as we spent the night making and measuring samples together.
--- Chapter 3.
From "Autumn, On the Way to Work on an Autumn Day"
Even though it may appear to be just a simple yellow, the electrons in the metal are traveling at speeds close to the speed of light to produce that color.
If you think about it that way, as a physicist, gold is the most valuable color in the world.
It's a light created by the special theory of relativity.
--- Chapter 4.
From "Winter: Warm Colors Created by Physics"
In fact, physics is by no means a difficult or distant subject from everyday life.
Since it is literally a study to understand 'how matter works', everything around us, especially humans, cannot escape its category.
We, who live 24 hours a day in the material world, are 'practical physicists' who have instinctively learned physics through 'learning.'
It was precisely woven with the material that follows the grammar of physics.
The color and texture of each material has its own reason, and even the sunlight and starlight shining down from the sky have their own story.
Humans are also a part of nature.
So, for someone who loves physics, nature is a poetry book full of beautiful phrases.
--- From "Prologue: Hello, I am a 'physics addict'"
But that doesn't mean black body radiation has disappeared.
The wavelength of light is longer, so it is emitting light outside the visible light range that is invisible to our eyes.
Like a lukewarm incandescent light bulb, the stars in the night sky and the objects in the room that feel cold all emit their own light that can only be explained by quantum mechanics.
--- 「Chapter 1.
From "Spring: The Power of Quantum Mechanics to Brighten a Tired Day"
The ideal human walking is a pendulum motion.
I'm talking about the pendulum motion, where a weight attached to the end of a stick swings like a grandfather clock.
When you take a step forward, your center of gravity rises slightly, then passes the highest point and comes back down.
If you change your foot again and take a step forward, the next pendulum movement occurs.
--- 「Chapter 2.
From "How to Avoid the Summer Sun"
Until my third year of college, the graphs I drew of my calculation results were always smooth curves.
Now, this graph was not natural at all.
Zero resistance?! And it was incredible that a material could suddenly transform from a metal to a superconductor.
My colleagues and I were all excited as we spent the night making and measuring samples together.
--- Chapter 3.
From "Autumn, On the Way to Work on an Autumn Day"
Even though it may appear to be just a simple yellow, the electrons in the metal are traveling at speeds close to the speed of light to produce that color.
If you think about it that way, as a physicist, gold is the most valuable color in the world.
It's a light created by the special theory of relativity.
--- Chapter 4.
From "Winter: Warm Colors Created by Physics"
In fact, physics is by no means a difficult or distant subject from everyday life.
Since it is literally a study to understand 'how matter works', everything around us, especially humans, cannot escape its category.
We, who live 24 hours a day in the material world, are 'practical physicists' who have instinctively learned physics through 'learning.'
--- From "Epilogue: To Fellow Physicists"
Publisher's Review
Hidden Physics in an Ordinary Day,
Explore this wondrous world!
Difficult symbols and complex formulas,
Even terms that don’t catch your eye no matter how many times you look at them…
If you've ever thought, "Physics? Doesn't that have anything to do with me?"
It's time to open this book right now!
“To be precise, the fundamental reason is not the high latitude, but the tilt of the Earth.
Yes, that's right.
The reason I slept in today is because the Earth is tilted.
(…) If you understand the fact that the Earth is tilted and some very simple scientific knowledge, you will understand that it is not strange for me to blame the tilted Earth.”
― From the text
Most people feel that physics is a difficult and unfamiliar subject.
Even people who chose science because they love it take a step back when it comes to physics.
Alien-like symbols and complex formulas that at first glance resemble modern art also contribute to the sense that physics is distant from our lives.
Some people even consider physics to be an unromantic discipline because it is 'like T'.
"Physics of All Seasons" gently and playfully overturns these stereotypes.
From the principles of cushioning in sneakers discovered while running in spring, to the role of magnesium in making summer more refreshing, to the secrets of baseball bats that heighten the tension of fall baseball, to the warm lighting of winter created by the theory of relativity, this book slowly looks at each day in the flow of time called the four seasons and points out the physical phenomena and laws filled within them in a very interesting way.
You may have thought you were living a 'normal life' far removed from physics, but in fact, we live with physics every day.
Instead of trying to understand physics through unfamiliar theories, let's experience physics through everyday senses.
From the moment you open your eyes and get up in the morning, your day will turn into a giant physics laboratory.
At the same time, you might be surprised at how close physics is to your life every moment.
Until the day everyone becomes 'addicted to physics'!
About every moment of your life, whether you walk, run or eat.
A very special everyday guide
★ Highly recommended by Professor Kim Beom-jun of Sungkyunkwan University!
★ The first science textbook by a physicist at the Max Planck Institute in Germany
★ The core of quantum computers: 'superconductor experts'
“Usually when explaining science to the general public, quantum mechanics is introduced as if it is a subject that has nothing to do with everyday life and that we can never understand, but in reality, that is not the case at all.
Of course, there are some points that are difficult to understand.
But if we look closely at the very ordinary daily life we see now, we see that it is created by quantum mechanics.”
― From the prologue
The author is a person who loved science, especially physics, so much that he actually became a physicist.
Having studied physics at Seoul National University, he is a physics nerd who is so passionate about it that he worked at Samsung Electronics' Semiconductor Research Institute and is currently leading the thin film technology group at the Max Planck Institute in Stuttgart, Germany.
Furthermore, he is a physicist who works harder than anyone else to share the fun and charm of physics with as many people as possible, countering the prejudice that physics is difficult.
"Physics of All Seasons" is a scientific essay in which the author looks at the world of everyday life from a physicist's perspective.
The author's cheerful and entertaining storytelling, developed through his serialized columns in various media outlets such as the science magazine Skeptic, the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology webzine Horizon, and the Asia-Pacific Center for Theoretical Physics webzine Crossroads, and his appearances on various broadcasts such as YouTube's Sampro TV and KBS's Issue Pick, With the Teacher, will make you feel as if you are reading a collection of prose.
Additionally, the author personally drew over 50 illustrations to help readers understand physics concepts that may otherwise seem complicated.
Through the author's illustrations, which feel somehow familiar, you may feel as if the distance between you and science is being narrowed.
Even for those unfamiliar with science or those who have felt a vague sense of burden about physics, this book will open the door to 'the most everyday physics' and guide you on the path to 'physics addiction.'
How Physics Becomes Everyday Life!
To understand the world more closely
Science is a universal knowledge
From generative artificial intelligence like ChatGPT to quantum computers, superconductors, Nuriho, and SpaceX, we live in an era where science has become the center of the world.
Beyond short-form content or short YouTube videos explaining scientific knowledge, the points of contact with science in popular culture are becoming more diverse, such as director Christopher Nolan's "Oppenheimer," author Liu Cixin's "The Three-Body Problem," and singer Younha's "Event Horizon."
Naturally, as public interest in science grows, science is no longer confined to the language of the laboratory.
Instead, we are expanding into another language through which we read the world.
In this day and age, what we need to understand the world more deeply is "scientific literacy," the ability to perceive and interpret science.
As you interpret the small scientific phenomena that occur in everyday life, you will soon develop a scientific sense that will allow you to pretend to know something anywhere.
To those who say, “I’m a liberal arts major, so I can’t understand,” the author says:
Every moment of life is rather something that is possible only because we have a good understanding of the world and the physics of it.
As you close the last page, a world you had not seen before will unfold before your eyes, one by one.
The moment you drink your morning coffee, turn on the fluorescent lights in your office, or tilt your head to a scene in a movie after work, you too may already be reading the world through the language of science.
Explore this wondrous world!
Difficult symbols and complex formulas,
Even terms that don’t catch your eye no matter how many times you look at them…
If you've ever thought, "Physics? Doesn't that have anything to do with me?"
It's time to open this book right now!
“To be precise, the fundamental reason is not the high latitude, but the tilt of the Earth.
Yes, that's right.
The reason I slept in today is because the Earth is tilted.
(…) If you understand the fact that the Earth is tilted and some very simple scientific knowledge, you will understand that it is not strange for me to blame the tilted Earth.”
― From the text
Most people feel that physics is a difficult and unfamiliar subject.
Even people who chose science because they love it take a step back when it comes to physics.
Alien-like symbols and complex formulas that at first glance resemble modern art also contribute to the sense that physics is distant from our lives.
Some people even consider physics to be an unromantic discipline because it is 'like T'.
"Physics of All Seasons" gently and playfully overturns these stereotypes.
From the principles of cushioning in sneakers discovered while running in spring, to the role of magnesium in making summer more refreshing, to the secrets of baseball bats that heighten the tension of fall baseball, to the warm lighting of winter created by the theory of relativity, this book slowly looks at each day in the flow of time called the four seasons and points out the physical phenomena and laws filled within them in a very interesting way.
You may have thought you were living a 'normal life' far removed from physics, but in fact, we live with physics every day.
Instead of trying to understand physics through unfamiliar theories, let's experience physics through everyday senses.
From the moment you open your eyes and get up in the morning, your day will turn into a giant physics laboratory.
At the same time, you might be surprised at how close physics is to your life every moment.
Until the day everyone becomes 'addicted to physics'!
About every moment of your life, whether you walk, run or eat.
A very special everyday guide
★ Highly recommended by Professor Kim Beom-jun of Sungkyunkwan University!
★ The first science textbook by a physicist at the Max Planck Institute in Germany
★ The core of quantum computers: 'superconductor experts'
“Usually when explaining science to the general public, quantum mechanics is introduced as if it is a subject that has nothing to do with everyday life and that we can never understand, but in reality, that is not the case at all.
Of course, there are some points that are difficult to understand.
But if we look closely at the very ordinary daily life we see now, we see that it is created by quantum mechanics.”
― From the prologue
The author is a person who loved science, especially physics, so much that he actually became a physicist.
Having studied physics at Seoul National University, he is a physics nerd who is so passionate about it that he worked at Samsung Electronics' Semiconductor Research Institute and is currently leading the thin film technology group at the Max Planck Institute in Stuttgart, Germany.
Furthermore, he is a physicist who works harder than anyone else to share the fun and charm of physics with as many people as possible, countering the prejudice that physics is difficult.
"Physics of All Seasons" is a scientific essay in which the author looks at the world of everyday life from a physicist's perspective.
The author's cheerful and entertaining storytelling, developed through his serialized columns in various media outlets such as the science magazine Skeptic, the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology webzine Horizon, and the Asia-Pacific Center for Theoretical Physics webzine Crossroads, and his appearances on various broadcasts such as YouTube's Sampro TV and KBS's Issue Pick, With the Teacher, will make you feel as if you are reading a collection of prose.
Additionally, the author personally drew over 50 illustrations to help readers understand physics concepts that may otherwise seem complicated.
Through the author's illustrations, which feel somehow familiar, you may feel as if the distance between you and science is being narrowed.
Even for those unfamiliar with science or those who have felt a vague sense of burden about physics, this book will open the door to 'the most everyday physics' and guide you on the path to 'physics addiction.'
How Physics Becomes Everyday Life!
To understand the world more closely
Science is a universal knowledge
From generative artificial intelligence like ChatGPT to quantum computers, superconductors, Nuriho, and SpaceX, we live in an era where science has become the center of the world.
Beyond short-form content or short YouTube videos explaining scientific knowledge, the points of contact with science in popular culture are becoming more diverse, such as director Christopher Nolan's "Oppenheimer," author Liu Cixin's "The Three-Body Problem," and singer Younha's "Event Horizon."
Naturally, as public interest in science grows, science is no longer confined to the language of the laboratory.
Instead, we are expanding into another language through which we read the world.
In this day and age, what we need to understand the world more deeply is "scientific literacy," the ability to perceive and interpret science.
As you interpret the small scientific phenomena that occur in everyday life, you will soon develop a scientific sense that will allow you to pretend to know something anywhere.
To those who say, “I’m a liberal arts major, so I can’t understand,” the author says:
Every moment of life is rather something that is possible only because we have a good understanding of the world and the physics of it.
As you close the last page, a world you had not seen before will unfold before your eyes, one by one.
The moment you drink your morning coffee, turn on the fluorescent lights in your office, or tilt your head to a scene in a movie after work, you too may already be reading the world through the language of science.
GOODS SPECIFICS
- Date of issue: April 16, 2025
- Page count, weight, size: 336 pages | 544g | 140*210*22mm
- ISBN13: 9791130665832
- ISBN10: 1130665836
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