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Blue Machine: How the Ocean Shapes Our World by Helen Czerski
Category: Science & Natural History
A timely and powerful examination of ocean physics. All of the Earth's ocean, from the equator to the poles, is a single engine powered by sunlight - a blue machine. Human history has been dictated by the ocean- the location of cities, access to resources and the gateways to new lands have all revolve ...Show more
Blue Machine - How the Ocean Shapes Our World by Helen Czerski
Category: Maths Physics Chemistry
FINANCIAL TIMES 2023 HIGHLIGHT 'Helen Czerski weaves together physics and biology, history and science, in a beautifully poetic way.' Professor Alice Roberts 'In Helen Czerski's hands, the mechanical becomes magical. An instant classic.' Tristan Gooley, author of How to Read Water 'Blue Machine is qu ...Show more
Blue Machine: How the Ocean Shapes our World by Helen Czerski
Category: Science
Earth is home to a huge story that is rarely told - that of our ocean. Not the fish or the dolphins, but the massive ocean engine itself- what it does, why it works, and the many ways it has influenced animals, weather and human history & culture. This is the spectacular story of Earth's dynamic oce ...Show more
Bubbles by Helen Czerski
Category: Science & Natural History | Series: Ladybird Expert Ser.
Part of the new Ladybird Expert series, Bubbles is a clear, surprising and entertaining introduction to the science of bubbles. Bubbles are beautiful, ephemeral, fun, fragile, jolly and slightly unpredictable. We're all familiar with them, but we don't often ask what they actually are. The great scien ...Show more
Storm in a Teacup: The Physics of Everyday Life by Helen Czerski
Category: Science
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 sam ...Show more
Storm in a Teacup - The Physics of Everyday Life by Helen Czerski
Category: Science
" Czerski's] quest to enhance humanity's everyday scientific literacy is timely and imperative."--Science Storm in a Teacup is Helen Czerski's lively, entertaining, and richly informed introduction to the world of physics. Czerski provides the tools to alter the way we see everything around us by linki ...Show more
The Storm in a Teacup: The Physics of Everyday Life by Helen Czerski
Category: Science
This book links the little things - the unexpected pinkness of blueberry jam or the way the air smells before it rains - with the big in a book that will alter the way you see the world. Helen Czerski shows how the familiar, from coffee stains to ketchup bottles, can shed light on Antarctic winds, medic ...Show more
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