Books with author Walter Lee

“YOU HAVE CHANGED MY LIFE” is a common refrain in the emails Walter Lewin receives daily from fans who have been enthralled by his world-famous video lectures about the wonders of physics. “I walk with a new spring in my step and I look at life through physics-colored eyes,” wrote one such fan. When Lewin’s lectures were made available online, he became an instant YouTube celebrity, and The New York Times declared, “Walter Lewin delivers his lectures with the panache of Julia Child bringing French cooking to amateurs and the zany theatricality of YouTube’s greatest hits.” For more than thirty years as a beloved professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Lewin honed his singular craft of making physics not only accessible but truly fun, whether putting his head in the path of a wrecking ball, supercharging himself with three hundred thousand volts of electricity, or demonstrating why the sky is blue and why clouds are white. Now, as Carl Sagan did for astronomy and Brian Green did for cosmology, Lewin takes readers on a marvelous journey in For the Love of Physics, opening our eyes as never before to the amazing beauty and power with which physics can reveal the hidden workings of the world all around us. “I introduce people to their own world,” writes Lewin, “the world they live in and are familiar with but don’t approach like a physicist—yet.” Could it be true that we are shorter standing up than lying down? Why can we snorkel no deeper than about one foot below the surface? Why are the colors of a rainbow always in the same order, and would it be possible to put our hand out and touch one? Whether introducing why the air smells so fresh after a lightning storm, why we briefly lose (and gain) weight when we ride in an elevator, or what the big bang would have sounded like had anyone existed to hear it, Lewin never ceases to surprise and delight with the extraordinary ability of physics to answer even the most elusive questions. Recounting his own exciting discoveries as a pioneer in the field of X-ray astronomy—arriving at MIT right at the start of an astonishing revolution in astronomy—he also brings to life the power of physics to reach into the vastness of space and unveil exotic uncharted territories, from the marvels of a supernova explosion in the Large Magellanic Cloud to the unseeable depths of black holes. “For me,” Lewin writes, “physics is a way of seeing—the spectacular and the mundane, the immense and the minute—as a beautiful, thrillingly interwoven whole.” His wonderfully inventive and vivid ways of introducing us to the revelations of physics impart to us a new appreciation of the remarkable beauty and intricate harmonies of the forces that govern our lives.

Taffy is a short story about a doggy and her human family. It is sad, happy, and poignant. It is about choices, some good, some bad, and some that are just choices not good or bad, they are what they are. Mostly it is a children's story for adults. Preface -- Who do you work for? That was the question asked of me before children and before Taffy. Every party, social event and gathering. I use to laugh and say I work for no one. When Taffy arrived I soon started to think I really worked for her. Now that she is gone I am certain of this. The reasons I will tell you inside my story. I was so clueless that Taffy was my master, no my teacher, my doggy. --

Excerpt from Manual of Assaying: Gold, Silver, Lead, CopperIt is my sincere belief that there is no book in the English language on the subject of assaying which occupies the space that this little manual tries to fill.A number of such publications fail to meet the want, on account of their antiquity, they having been written some thirty years ago; hence their methods. Apparatus, etc., are not suited to the assayers of to-day. Others are either more suit able as books of reference, or do not give sufficient detail for the inexperienced.It is this latter fault I have carefully endeavored to avoid, and perhaps have gone to the other extreme. At all events, I have tried to give here in print the precise instruction which I have previously imparted orally to my students. Those who may choose to criticise, will remember for whom this hand book it} written.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

The Jolly Shop is a delightful children's Christmas adventure that teaches children a gentle life lesson, the gift of giving, in a brand new way. Complete with Santa's legendary beasts, the majestic Saber Tooth Snow Tigers, and a mad scientist (Dr. Cringe) set on ruining Christmas, children will get lost in the powerful and magical elements that still lead to the familiar North Pole. Beautifully illustrated, author Walter Lee Johnson, delivers a classic message in a brand new Christmas story. Will the evil Dr. Cringe ruin Christmas for all of the children? Or will Santa’s elves save the day? Find out just how effective teamwork is while learning how good always will prevail.

The three books "INSIDE OF ME I HAVE FEELINGS," "INSIDE OF ME IF I FEEL..." and "INSIDE OF ME THERE'S A STORM A-BREWING" make up the "INSIDE OF ME" series. The text starting in the first book, "I HAVE FEELINGS," moves from ownership of one's own feelings to making choices of acting on a feeling in "IF I FEEL..." and finally seeing in "THERE'S A STORM A-BREWING" consequences for choices made of acting on an angry feeling.