Liquid: The Delightful and Dangerous Substances That Flow Through Our Lives
Liquid: The Delightful and Dangerous Substances That Flow Through Our Lives by Mark Miodownik
English | September 6th, 2018 | ISBN: 0241977304, 0241977290 | 288 pages | EPUB | 7.46 MB
English | September 6th, 2018 | ISBN: 0241977304, 0241977290 | 288 pages | EPUB | 7.46 MB
Sometimes explosive, often delightful, occasionally poisonous, but always fascinating: the secret lives of liquids, from one of our best-known scientists
A 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?
From the bestselling author of Stuff Matters comes a fascinating tour of the world of these surprising or sinister substances - the droplets, heartbeats and ocean waves we all encounter every day. Structured around a plane journey which sees encounters with water, wine, oil and more, Miodownik shows that liquids are agents of death and destruction as well as substances of wonder and fascination, and - just as in Stuff Matters - his unique brand of scientific storytelling brings them and their mysterious properties alive in a captivating new way.
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