Liquid rules mark miodownik5/9/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() Miodownik packs this delightful book with so much 'well, I never knew that' information. Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd ISBN: 9780241977323 Number of pages: 288 Weight: 232 g Dimensions: 198 x 129 x 18 mm MEDIA REVIEWS 'A thrilling read, from start to finish' Tim Radford, author of The Consolations of Physics 'Exciting, anarchic and surprising' Katy Guest, The Guardian 'An exhilarating, eye-opening ride' Philip Ball, science writer and author of H2O 'A truly delightful read' Jim Al-Khalili, author of Paradox His unique brand of scientific storytelling brings them and their mysterious properties alive in a captivating new way. Structured around a plane journey, encountering water, wine, oil and more, Miodownik shows that liquids are agents of death and destruction as well as substances of wonder and fascination. Sometimes explosive, often delightful, occasionally poisonous, but always fascinating: the secret lives of liquids, from one of our best-known scientistsĪ series of glasses of transparent liquids is in front of you: but which will quench your thirst and which will kill you? And why? Why does one liquid make us drunk, and another power a jumbo jet?įrom the bestselling author of Stuff Matters comes a fascinating tour of these surprising or sinister substances - the droplets, heartbeats and ocean waves we all encounter every day. BY THE AUTHOR OF THE BESTSELLING, PRIZE-WINNING STUFF MATTERS ![]()
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