This article considers the use of the first year physics textbook, Physics For Scientists and Engineersby Paul A. Tipler and Gene Mosca (Hereafter referred to as “Tiplerâ€) as body armour. The scenario isimagined in which the book is struck by a bullet and it is considered as to whether the bullet would orwould not penetrate through the book. It is found that the bullet would penetrate and hence the textwould not be of much use as body armour
