The Science of Everyday Life
by:
Marty Jopson (author)
Have you ever wondered why ice floats and water is such a freaky liquid? Or why chillies and mustard are both hot but in different ways? Or why microwaves don't cook from the inside out? In this fascinating scientific tour of household objects, The One Show presenter and all-round Science Bloke...
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Have you ever wondered why ice floats and water is such a freaky liquid? Or why chillies and mustard are both hot but in different ways? Or why microwaves don't cook from the inside out? In this fascinating scientific tour of household objects, The One Show presenter and all-round Science Bloke Marty Jopson has the answer to all of these, and many more, baffling questions about the chemistry and physics of the everyday stuff we use every day.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9781782434184
Publish date: 2015
Publisher: Michael O'Mara Books
Pages no: 219
Edition language: English
I had started this book with the intention to comment on each chapter - or part, as each section contained smaller chapters on the various topics of the book - but as so often, I ended up finishing the book before I could summarise my notes for each part. I much enjoyed the buddy read of this wit...
Upfront, this book suffers from my bias a bit: I're previously read Storm in a Teacup: The Physics of Everyday Life by Helen Czerski. Both books have the same goals, and both are effective and interesting, but Czerski's writes a more cohesive narrative and her writing is somehow more seductive: sh...
TITLE: The Science of Everyday Life: Why Teapots Dribble, Toast Burns and Light Bulbs Shine AUTHOR: Marty Jopson DATE PUBLISHED: 2015 FORMAT: Hardcover ISBN-13: 9781782434184 ________________________ In this book, Marty Jopson explores the science behind everyday life in conversational...
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