This first of its kind in 300 years textbook will enlighten you and your students. For advanced high school students and college freshmen. This textbook by Dr. Anthony Rizzi presents the fundamentals of Newtonian Mechanics to the college undergraduate or the advanced high school student in a way that taps the student's common sense. Starting with things we see directly, it leads the student to a deep understanding of the best in modern theory. Each chapter builds on the previous one in a simple way to the crescendo of special relativity, drawing the student at each step into the excitement of physics. This profound unity of principle is complemented by a unity of practice through the challenge of a manned mission to Mars by AD 2030, which is the current commitment of the US. Real world problems and examples salt the text, helping the student to ground his thinking and see the importance of physics to everyday life. It is the hope of the IAP that this approach will make the rigorous, scientific content at once engaging and challenging to both those interested in careers in the hard sciences and also those not traditionally attracted to mathematics and the hard sciences. (Prerequisite: Calculus)

"...Rizzi has done an excellent job and I highly recommend that you experience this text..."

This second volume in the Physics for Realists Series grounds electricity and magnetism in common sense, making the material both more accessible and memorable. Through this approach, Dr. Anthony Rizzi leads the student to a deep understanding of the best in modern theory. Each chapter builds on the previous one in a simple way to the double crescendo of electromagnetic radiation and the relativistic underpinnings of electromagnetism. This profound unity of principle is complemented by a unity of practice through the challenge of understanding, designing and building a radio transmitter! The overarching practical theme of the manned mission to Mars initiated in volume one is continued. Also, as in the first volume, real world problems and examples salt the text, helping the student to ground his thinking and see the importance of physics to everyday life. Prerequisite: Physics for Realists: Mechanics. N.B.: the common sense approach brings out the primacy of the electric potential and magnetic (vector) potential, which are both used extensively. Dielectrics and Magnetics are both covered.

"Physics for Realists is a landmark series that uses our common sense to discover and clarify modern physical theory. The resulting pedagogical approach makes physics more accessible and its beauty more evident. This series will revolutionize our understanding of physics and the way it is taught."

This third volume in the Physics for Realists series grounds quantum mechanics in common sense! Quantum mechanics (QM) is perhaps the most distant subject from our senses, as it deals with the atomic-level parts of physical things. As such, it has generated some of the most widely known deviations from common sense, including the idea that things are not anything till we measure them, which caused Erwin Schrödinger to produce the paradox of the cat that is neither dead nor alive to reveal and ridicule such craziness. Through the grounded approach, Dr. Anthony Rizzi leads the student to a deep understanding of the best in modern theory. Each chapter builds on the previous one to a discussion of Bell's EPR experiment that brings out how first principles shed light on this central arena of the foundations of QM. New understanding and insights permeate the book; these arise from years of research, thinking from those first principles we get through the senses. Very new subjects, such as the latest ground breaking discoveries (for which Dr. Rizzi and Dr. Philip Pearle are responsible) about that quintessential quantum effect, the Aharonov-Bohm Effect, are discussed. The profound unity of principle of the text is complemented by a unity of practice through the challenge of understanding an x-ray based mineral composition analyzer for use on Mars. The overarching practical theme of the manned mission to Mars initiated in the first two volumes is thus continued.

Prerequisite: Physics for Realists: Mechanics & Physics for Realists: E&M

"Physics for Realists is a profound new series. It uses the things we know first as children to discover the heights of modern physics. It presents a new and fundamentally deeper understanding of physics in a way that allows the student to fully follow and digest that depth. The series is nothing short of revolutionary."

Solutions Manual for Physics for Realists: Mechanics. Available only to physics teachers.
BEFORE ORDERING you must receive IAP staff approval of evidence of teacher status. Send evidence to info@iapweb.org. No refunds for those who order without prior approval.

Solutions Manual for Physics for Realists: Electricity and Magnetism Available only to physics teachers.
BEFORE ORDERING you must receive IAP staff approval of evidence of teacher status. Send evidence to info@iapweb.org. No refunds for those who order without prior approval.

Solutions Manual for Physics for Realists: Quantum Mechanics Available only to physics teachers.
BEFORE ORDERING you must receive IAP staff approval of evidence of teacher status. Send evidence to info@iapweb.org. No refunds for those who order without prior approval.

Audio book. Now Dr. Rizzi's important book, The Science Before Science: A Guide to Thinking in the 21st Century is available for listening on your ipod or your computer or burn to CD. Learn how to navigate the 21st century while you commute or during that vacation drive to your favorite rest spot! 11.8hours of mind opening listening.

Note: This is a downloaded item. Upon purchase you will receive an email for the download site within 1 business day. For questions, please call Jamie Anson at 225-667-0233.

Purchase of this download entitles you to the personal use of the audio files, but does not include the right to copy the files for use by other individuals. Copyright 2008.

This book (70 pages softcover 6"x8" with 14 font) introduces young people to physics starting with their natural wonder about the things around them. It builds on their common sense, making it clear and precise, and shows them how to go from their common sense to the advanced method of modern science. Finally, it shows them the need for the Unchangeable Changer, without which there is nothing. It shows that only through knowing physics do we know about Him. It shows how this world proves that He exists and that He is the Source of all the changing things we see. Readers will learn that physics is the base science and thus essential to all of their thinking. The book is appropriate for children as young as sixth grade but is targeted for seventh and eighth grade. Kids in higher grades and even adults will also enjoy it. This book answers the oft heard questions "Why do I need to learn physics?" and "Why do I need to learn math?" in a direct and charming way.

"This book is simply written in such a way that kids will enjoy reading it. Through their reading, they will discover how relevant and needed the book is to their understanding of the whole world and our place in it. They will discover the big picture that cannot be found anywhere else. Everyone should read this book."

(107 pages softcover 6"x8" with 14 font) Having learned about the physical world at the most general level in the first volume, this second volume introduces young people to the next level of physics. It starts with their natural wonder about the things around them. It builds on their common sense, making it clear and precise, and leads them to taste the advanced method of modern science. In answering the question of how and why a baseball flies from your hand when you throw it, it introduces mechanics, electricity and magnetism and quantum mechanics at a very simple level. The student will even learn how to make a motor. And, he will learn more about the nature of the Unchangeable Changer, without Whom there is nothing. The book is extremely important, as physics is the base science upon which all of our thinking builds, including our knowledge of Him.

The book is appropriate for children as young as sixth grade but is targeted for seventh and eighth grade. Kids in higher grades and even adults will also enjoy it.

"This book is chock-full of profound truths! The reader will discover wonderful truths about the various forces acting in our amazing universe and be inspired to meditate on the order found among them. Readers will learn the answers to fundamental questions that are not even being asked anywhere else, making this book a must read for teachers and students alike. All students need to know the basic physics contained in this series; without it, they cannot truly understand the modern world in which we live or the ideas that are forging our future."

Audio book. Now Dr. Rizzi's important book, A Kid's Introduction to Physics (and Beyond) is available for listening on your ipod or your computer or burn to CD. Learn the simple ground of all of our thinking, upon which everything you think and do is based, and how it leads to our last End. And do this while you commute or during that vacation drive to your favorite rest spot! Over 70 minutes of mind opening listening that you will want (and need to) listen to over and over again.

Note: This is a downloaded item. Upon purchase you will receive an email for the download site within 1 business day. For questions, please call IAP at 225-667-0233.

Purchase of this download only entitles you to the personal use of the audio files. It does not include the right to copy or distribute the files for use by other individuals. To do so is a copyright violation. Copyright 2015.

Grab That Word is an online game app based off the game show "Pyramid." Try to get your teammate to say as many words on-screen as you can before time runs out. It's a great game to play with the whole family. This IAP version of the game contains many special features including a mode to practice the IAP vocabulary. It also includes a custom mode which can be used to practice your child's vocabulary for grade school as well as SAT or ACT words. This version of the app was donated to IAP by GR Programming.

Have you ever noticed how little modern man cares about truth? We seem so concerned with what we feel we have to do right now, not its long term consequences nor even its meaning. So many fires to put out, so little time to think about what any of it is or means! This series will slow us down to contemplate, to think, to see that truth is first. It reveals the primacy of truth and draws us to make a full commitment to it. Why would we want to continue doing without knowing what we are doing and why?

In this 5-episode series, truth is put on trial. Dr. Rizzi, Director of the Institute for Advanced Physics, who is a renowned physicist and philosopher and author of The Science Before Science: A Guide to Thinking in the 21st Century, is interviewed by Noah Lett of EWTN. Throughout the interviews, Dr. Rizzi captures our attention with the surprising and deep ramifications for our lives of the fundamental truths about physical nature that we get through the senses, the basic kid’s level physics. The interview will raise unasked questions and unknown answers that are essential to living an intelligent, integrated, and happy life. You will be both inspired and equipped to begin fighting back against the anti-truth mindset of our modern culture. You will be surprised to find the size and number of logs we have to take out of our own eyes! Inspire and grow yourself and your family to be who you and they are meant to be.     Runtime: ~ 150 min

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