A failed excursion into Physics

The Story of Science: Newton at the Center

http://www.amazon.com/Story-Science-Newt...

In volume two, students will watch as Copernicus's systematic observations place the sun at the center of our universe—to the dismay of establishment thinkers. After students follow the achievements and frustrations of Galileo, Kepler, and Descartes, they will appreciate the amazing Isaac N...

A joy to one child and intolerable to the other. Her older sis loved it and I bought an own copy from her from Amazon. Sadly the younger girl could hardly keep awake reading it. Looks like a remote chance to me she would ever like Physics. The intellectual tools from learning Physics is so useful. She said Physics is like CL - good grief. On average, Physics demand more intellectual effort and she is usually not keen to work her gray cells.

On present trend, doesn't look promising she will achieve anywhere near her academic potential. She would have to ride with Chem and Bio then.

We have this book too, which the girls find hard to follow. More time needed. This is supposed to be difficult. As Niels Bohr suggested anyone who finds Quantum Mechanics easy probably didn't understand it at all. Look, it tears your common sense to shreds.

The Story of Science: Einstein Adds a New Dimension

http://www.amazon.com/Story-Science-Eins...

Sometimes it can seem like science just comes fully formed--a textbook can tell us the Milky Way is a galaxy, the Sun is 93 million miles away, or gravity bends light. But such a book often leaves out some of the most interesting stuff about that hard-won knowledge: how anyone ever figured it...