What are the Physics Behind Common and Uncommon Natural Phenomena?

[MManuel Abad]

Hello, everybody:

I was wondering if you knew if there is a book, journal, webpage or a compendium of some sort in which different and diverse curious common and uncommon natural phenomena are explained with physics (preferably with math involved). For example, a place where to look if I'm interested in why glasses break with very high frequency sounds or if I want the physics explanation of why the sky is blue or of the curveball in baseball.

Thanks!

 

[jedishrfu]

There's an old book by Jearl Walker called the Flying Circus of Physics which now has a website:

http://www.flyingcircusofphysics.com/

that explains everyday things but without much math. I guess that would be left to the student.

 

[adjacent]

How about Newton's Principia?

 

[Doc Al]

You might like: How Things Work: The Physics of Everyday Life by Louis Bloomfield.

 

[MManuel Abad]

Thanks a lot to everyone for your suggestions!

 

[jedishrfu]

Thanks a lot to everyone for your suggestions!

dont forget to use the thank you button on each post that helped.