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Storm in a Teacup : The Physics of Everyday Life by Helen Czerski (2018, Trade Paperback)

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PublisherNorton & Company, Incorporated, w. w.

ISBN-100393355470

ISBN-139780393355475

eBay Product ID (ePID)238006543

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Book TitleStorm in a Teacup : the Physics of Everyday Life

Number of Pages288 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicPhysics / General

Publication Year2018

GenreScience

AuthorHelen Czerski

FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Height0.8 in

Item Weight9.2 Oz

Item Length8.2 in

Item Width5.5 in

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ReviewsHelen Czerski's engaging debut book seeks to demystify physics in everyday life, so whether you know your refraction from your reflection, or find the entire subject incomprehensible, this should be an invaluable primer., Czerski entertainingly mixes reports of her anyone-can-do-this experiments with serious questions about the world in which we live., Delightful... Replete with historical detail... Storm in a Teacup will entertain and educate any person with a healthy curiosity about the natural world., In an age when any questions we have about the workings of the world are instantly answerable via Google, physicist Czerski pushes us to resist the search engine....why not learn some simple physics so that you can try to puzzle things out for yourself?, Excellent... an ideal gift for any scientifically inquisitive person, including children or adults who retain a child's sense of wonder. Robert Hooke would have loved it., In an age when any questions we have about the workings of the world are instantly answerable via Google, physicist Czerski pushes us to resist the search engine... why not learn some simple physics so that you can try to puzzle things out for yourself?, This book is charming, accessible and enthusiastic. Helen invites you in to see the world through her eyes and understand how a physicist think. It's a wonderful way to discover the hidden scientific connections behind the ordinary and everyday., Excellent....an ideal gift for any scientifically inquisitive person, including children or adults who retain a child's sense of wonder. Robert Hooke would have loved it., Delightful....Replete with historical detail....Storm in a Teacup will entertain and educate any person with a healthy curiosity about the natural world., A delightful book on the joys and universality of physics. Czerski brings our humdrum everyday world to life, showing us that it is just as fascinating as anything that can be seen by the Hubble Telescope or created at the large Hadron Collider., Storm in a Teacup is a course in physics, but it's less like a classroom than a long walk with a patient, charming, and very, very learned friend. Czerski has a remarkable knack for finding scientific wonders under every rock, alongside every raindrop, and inside every grain of sand., A revelation.... Anyone who can write so appealingly about scientific complexities deserves the hats-off prize., In an age when any questions we have about the workings of the world are instantly answerable via Google, physicist Czerski pushes us to resist the search engine.... [W]hy not learn some simple physics so that you can try to puzzle things out for yourself?, Delightful.... Replete with historical detail.... Storm in a Teacup will entertain and educate any person with a healthy curiosity about the natural world.

Dewey Edition23

Dewey Decimal530

Synopsis"[Czerski's] quest to enhance humanity's everyday scientific literacy is timely and imperative."--Science, Storm in a Teacup is Helen Czerski's lively, entertaining, and richly informed introduction to the world of physics. Czerski provides the tools to alter the way we see everything around us by linking ordinary objects and occurrences, like popcorn popping, coffee stains, and fridge magnets, to big ideas like climate change, the energy crisis, or innovative medical testing. She provides answers to vexing questions: How do ducks keep their feet warm when walking on ice? Why does it take so long for ketchup to come out of a bottle? Why does milk, when added to tea, look like billowing storm clouds? In an engaging voice at once warm and witty, Czerski shares her stunning breadth of knowledge to lift the veil of familiarity from the ordinary., "[Czerski's] quest to enhance humanity's everyday scientific literacy is timely and imperative." --Science Storm in a Teacup is Helen Czerski's lively, entertaining, and richly informed introduction to the world of physics. Czerski provides the tools to alter the way we see everything around us by linking ordinary objects and occurrences, like popcorn popping, coffee stains, and fridge magnets, to big ideas like climate change, the energy crisis, or innovative medical testing. She provides answers to vexing questions: How do ducks keep their feet warm when walking on ice? Why does it take so long for ketchup to come out of a bottle? Why does milk, when added to tea, look like billowing storm clouds? In an engaging voice at once warm and witty, Czerski shares her stunning breadth of knowledge to lift the veil of familiarity from the ordinary.

LC Classification NumberQC75