The Science of Everyday Life: Why Teapots Dribble, Toast Burns and Light Bulbs Shine by Marty Jopson

The Science of Everyday Life: Why Teapots Dribble, Toast Burns and Light Bulbs Shine

Marty Jopson

225 pages first pub 2015 (editions) user-added

nonfiction science informative lighthearted medium-paced

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Have you ever wondered why ice floats, how the GPS on your mobile phone works (and what it has to do with Einstein), or why wool sweaters shrink in the wash? In this fascinating scientific tour of household objects, The One Show's resident scienti...

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