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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Czerski, Helen, 1978- author.     Subjects     Physics -- Miscellanea     Physics     Browse Catalog     by author:      Czerski, Helen, 1978- author.       by title:      Storm in a teacup : ...         MARC Display

Storm in a teacup : the physics of everyday life / Helen Czerski. by Czerski, Helen, 1978- author. New York : W.W. Norton & Company, 2017. Subjects Physics -- Miscellanea   Physics Description:  275 pages ; 25 cm Contents:  Popcorn and rockets -- What goes up must come down -- Small is beautiful -- A moment in time -- Making waves -- Why don't ducks get cold feet? -- Spoons, spirals and Sputnik -- When opposites attract -- A sense of perspective. Summary:  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. She guides us through the principles of gases ("Explosions in the kitchen are generally considered a bad idea. 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). Along 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. You may never look at your toaster the same way"-- Add'l Title:  Physics of everyday life   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status Due Date   American Fork Library Non-fiction 530 Cze Checked out 11/01/2024 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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