Crazy Mechanics: From Dropping Apples to Chaotic Planets

Let's be honest: "Mechanics" sounds like the most boring class in the universe, a surefire cure for insomnia. But what if it's actually the universe's ultimate cheat code?
From the author of the "Crazy" series comes the foundational rulebook for everything that moves, bounces, spins, and crashes. Welcome to Crazy Mechanics, your backstage pass to the invisible laws that govern superheroes, video games, and why your cat is a furry little physics ninja.
This isn't a textbook. It's the gossip, the feuds, and the mind-bending stories behind the science of motion. We're ditching the soul-crushing formulas to explore the epic drama behind Newton's Laws, the clingy relationship of gravity, and the vicious nerd-fight over who really invented calculus. With his signature wit, Ethan Grant proves that the user manual for reality is far weirder and more entertaining than you ever imagined.
Inside this essential guide to the cosmos, you will finally understand:

• Newton's Three Laws of Laziness, Stubbornness, and Payback: The simple rules that explain skateboarding, rocket launches, and why stubbing your toe hurts so much.
• The Physics of Procrastination: Why staring at a blank essay for four hours counts as zero "work" (and how to be efficiently lazy).
• The Juggernaut Effect: The science of being an unstoppable force, explained through charging rhinos and cannonballs.
• The Calculus Wars: The petty, vicious, and world-changing feud between Newton and Leibniz that shaped modern science.
• When Newton Was Wrong: The epic plot twists from Einstein and quantum mechanics that broke the "perfect" clockwork universe.

If you're ready to hack the universe, understand the source code behind everything cool, and never look at a spinning ice skater the same way again, this is your book.
Warning: May cause you to uncontrollably analyze the physics of superhero movies and win every argument about why friction is both a hero and a villain.