Storm in a Teacup: The Physics of Everyday Life Condition:Well Read --Matthew Baylis

--Matthew Baylis

In this highly original and interdisciplinary work

author of The Woman and the Way"Well-written

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Storm in a Teacup: The Physics of Everyday Life Condition:Well Read --Matthew BaylisJust as Freakonomics brought economics to life, so Storm in a Teacup brings physics into our daily lives and makes it fascinating. What is it that helps both scorpions and cyclists to survive? What do raw eggs and gyroscopes have in common? And why does it matter? In an age of string theory, fluid dynamics and biophysics, it can seem as if the science of our world is only for specialists and academics. Not so, insists Helen Czerski and in this