Physics in Your Kitchen Lab (Science for Everyone Series)

Cover......Page 1
Contents......Page 4
Editor's Note......Page 6
A Demonstration of Weightlessness......Page 8
An Automatic Siphon......Page 12
Vortex Rings......Page 16
On Vortex Rings......Page 22
The Aerodynamics of Boomerangs......Page 36
An Instructive Experiment with a Cumulative Jet......Page 53
Magic with Physics......Page 56
A Drop on a Hot Surface......Page 58
Surface Tension Draws a Hyperbola......Page 60
Experiments with a Spoonful of Broth......Page 65
How to Grow a Crystal......Page 70
Crystals Made of Spheres......Page 74
A Bubble Model of Crystal......Page 84
Determining the Poles of a Magnet......Page 98
A Peculiar Pendulum......Page 100
Lissajous Figures......Page 106
Waves in a Flat Plate(Interference)......Page 118
How to Make a Ripple Tank to Examine Wave Phenomena......Page 128
An Artificial Representation of a Total Solar Eclipse......Page 140
Believe It or Not......Page 144
Colour Shadows......Page 150
What Colour is Brilliant Green?......Page 152
An Orange Sky......Page 155
The Green Red Lamp......Page 160
Measuring Light Wavelength with a Wire......Page 164
Measuring Lightwith a Phonograph Record......Page 173
A Ball for a Lens......Page 176
Back Cover......Page 190