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]
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- 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 ed.), San Francisco: Insight Press, http://openlibrary.org/books/OL24234250M/Thinking_Physics_Third_Edition
- 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]
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