![]() Helen invites you in to see the world through her eyes and understand how a physicist think. This book is charming, accessible and enthusiastic. Jim Al-Khalili, author of Life on the Edge 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. Jordan Ellenberg, author of How Not to Be Wrong: The Power of Mathematical ThinkingĪ delightful book on the joys and universality of physics. Czerski has a remarkable knack for finding scientific wonders under every rock, alongside every raindrop, and inside every grain of sand. ![]() 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. ![]() Robert Hooke would have loved it.Ĭzerski entertainingly mixes reports of her anyone-can-do-this experiments with serious questions about the world in which we live. Praise For Storm in a Teacup: The Physics of Everyday Life…Įxcellent.an ideal gift for any scientifically inquisitive person, including children or adults who retain a child's sense of wonder. You may never look at your toaster the same way. But just occasionally a small one can produce something delicious”) gravity (drop some raisins in a bottle of carbonated lemonade and watch the whoosh of bubbles and the dancing raisins at the bottom bumping into each other) size (Czerski explains the action of the water molecules that cause the crime-scene stain left by a puddle of dried coffee) and time (why it takes so long for ketchup to come out of a bottle).Īlong the way, she provides answers to vexing questions: How does water travel from the roots of a redwood tree to its crown? How do ducks keep their feet warm when walking on ice? 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. She guides us through the principles of gases (“Explosions in the kitchen are generally considered a bad idea. In Storm in a Teacup, Helen 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. But these familiar surroundings are just the place to look if you’re interested in what makes the universe tick. Our home here on Earth is messy, mutable, and full of humdrum things that we touch and modify without much thought every day. But did you know that the key to unveiling the secrets of the cosmos is as close as the nearest toaster? Take a look up at the stars on a clear night and you get a sense that the universe is vast and untouchable, full of mysteries beyond comprehension. It is also physics as the toy box of science: physics as fun, as never before.A physicist explains daily phenomena from the mundane to the magisterial. This is physics as the toolbox of science - a toolbox we need in order to make sense of what is around us and arrive at decisions about the future, from medical advances to solving our future energy needs. Each chapter begins with something small - popcorn, coffee stains and refrigerator magnets - and uses it to explain some of the most important science and technology of our time. In Storm in a Teacup, Helen Czerski links the little things we see every day with the big world we live in. Look down on the Earth from space, and you'll find similar swirls in the clouds, made where warm air and cold air waltz. If you pour milk into your tea and give it a stir, you'll see a swirl, a spiral of two fluids, before the two liquids mix completely. Czerski's enthusiasm is infectious because she 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.' - Jim Al-Khalili Our world is full of patterns. 'A quite delightful book on the joys, and universality, of physics.
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