The
carpenter at the top of a tall building drops his hammer. In one second
it falls one story down from the top. In one more second it will be
Excerpted from Thinking Physics by Lewis Caroll Epstein
Insight Press, 614 Vermont St., San Francisco, CA 94107-2636
www.appliedthought.com/InsightPress
Used with Permission
The
carpenter at the top of a tall building drops his hammer. In one second
it falls one story down from the top. In one more second it will be
a) two stories below the top
b) three stories below the top
c) four stories below the top
d) sixteen stories below the
top
e) none of the above
I'm
ready to peek at the answer