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Storm in a Teacup
Storm in a Teacup: The Physics of Everyday Life | Helen Czerski
Just as Freakonomics brought economics to life, so Storm in a Teacup brings physics into our daily lives and makes it fascinating. Our world is full of patterns. 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. The same pattern is found elsewhere too. Look down on the Earth from space, and you’ll find similar swirls in the clouds, made where warm air and cold air waltz. In Storm in a Teacup, Helen Czerski links the little things we see every day with the big world we live in. 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. 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. It is also physics as the toy box of science: physics as fun, as never before.
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docukscribbles
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It says in the title 'physics for everyday life'. Delivered the message as promised.
Better than a simple science book. Interesting read.

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TheEllieMo
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I am posting one book per day from my extensive to-be-read collection. No description and providing no reason for wanting to read it, I just do. Some will be old, some will be new. Don‘t judge me - I have a lot of books. Join the fun if you want.
This is day 121
#BooksToRead #TBRPile #TBRMountain

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On gravitational pull and buoyancy : "Janthina janthina, the descendant of the first snails that got lost in space, ... build themselves a large bubble raft, often bigger than themselves, to ensure that their total density is always less than the seawater they're in. So they always float, upside down (bubble raft up, shell beneath), preying on passing jellyfish. "

More science learning for #booked2021 and photo from Google.

Come-read-with-me Gorgeous picture! 3y
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Canadian.Reads
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It's been estimated that the average candle flame produces 1.5 million nanodiamonds each second.

What?! 💎💎💎

(Googled it to be sure, and this was one of the images)

Learning lots for my #booked2021, non-fiction science written by a woman pick!

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lovelybookshelf
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#NonficNov 1 - TBR 📚
Here's my stack of possibilities (because I'm a total mood reader) for #nonfictionnovember! I gathered up all the #nonfiction in the house that I've been wanting to read but haven't gotten around to.

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BeththeBookDragon
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You should read this!

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Lea
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I LOVED THIS BOOK! My poor coworkers would have to hear all about all the things I learned each day on my commute. Everyone should read this. It‘s highly entertaining and so informative. #readwomen #womeninscience

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We would have many more people loving physics if this book was used in schools in lieu of textbooks. I absolutely loved how Czerski would take a simple, everyday item, explain the science that makes it work (popcorn, toasters, ketchup, towels), meander through other principles in an engaging manner to lead to explaining wind turbines, Second Law of Thermodynamics, Boyle‘s Law, cell phones, etc using anecdotes. Great book!

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Lindy
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I feel as smart as can be after listening to this audiobook narrated by Chloe Massey. 😊
Czerski deftly uses ordinary things - spilled coffee, ketchup bottles - to illuminate big concepts. Learn why your toast will always land butter-side down, and why ducks don't get cold feet when they walk on ice. Awesome science for regular folk.

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Lindy
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It has sometimes been said that the reason that 300-year-old windows are thicker at the bottom than the top is because the glass has flowed downward over time. This isn't true; window glass isn't a liquid and it isn't flowing anywhere. It's because these window panes were made using an incredibly ingenious method.

Sace You tease! Now I have to get this book to find out the answer! 7y
Lindy @Sace @geodynamical Look up "crown glass" online. 7y
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Sace Thanks! (I still kinda want the book though lol) 7y
saresmoore I want to know all of the things! 7y
Lindy @Sace @saresmoore The book is wonderful. You can learn all the things easily because she uses examples from everyday life. 7y
Sace I'm with @saresmoore. I want to know ALL THE THINGS. *adds book to wishlist* 7y
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Lindy
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I find myself stopping and rewinding too often this morning; a sign that it's time to switch from physics to a podcast instead.

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