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The Science of Everyday Life
Why Teapots Dribble, Toast Burns and Light Bulbs Shine
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About this book
Have you ever wondered why ice floats and water is such a freaky liquid? Or why chillies and mustard are both hot but in different ways? Or why microwaves don't cook from the inside out? In this fascinating scientific tour of household objects, The One Show presenter and all-round Science Bloke Marty Jopson has the answer to all of these, and many more, baffling questions about the chemistry and physics of the everyday stuff we use every day.
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Index
A
air-conditioning ref1, ref2
air, fresh ref1, ref2
alarm systems ref1
Alexander’s band ref1
alkaline batteries ref1
alternating electrical currents ref1, ref2
americium ref1
anthocyanins ref1, ref2
aphids ref1
apocrine sweat glands ref1
apples ref1
arthritis ref1, ref2
Aserinsky, Eugene ref1
Atwater system ref1
autumn leaves ref1
B
Bacon, Francis ref1
bacteria ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7
baking powder ref1
balance, sense of ref1
batteries ref1
Bell Telephones ref1
bicarbonate of soda ref1
biomass ref1
biscuits and cakes ref1
black body radiation ref1, ref2
black pepper ref1
body temperature ref1
boomerangs ref1
Boulton, Matthew ref1
bread ref1, ref2
Brown, Capability ref1
bubbles ref1
Budding, Edwin Beard ref1
burglar-alarm systems ref1
Bush, George W. ref1
C
cakes and biscuits ref1
cakes, light and fluffy ref1
calories ref1
candles ref1
capillary action ref1
capsaicin ref1, ref2, ref3
car exhausts ref1
car-seats and static electricity ref1, ref2
car windscreens, demisting ref1
carotenoids ref1
cassava plants ref1
catalytic converters ref1
centimetre-gram-second system ref1
Changizi, Mark ref1
chilli peppers ref1, ref2
chlorophyll ref1
clocks, quartz ref1
coffee/ coffee rings ref1
cold fingers and toes ref1
compost heaps ref1
conditioner, hair ref1, ref2
Conférence Générale des Poids et Mesures ref1
cookers, induction ref1
cooking vs. smoking ref1
Coriolis effect ref1
corked wine ref1
cracking joints ref1
crying from onions ref1
crystals, gallium ref1
crystals, quartz ref1, re...
Table of contents
- Cover
- Title page
- Copyright page
- Dedication page
- Contents
- Introduction
- The Sustaining Science of Food and Drink
- The Heart of the Home and Kitchen Science
- The Marvels of Science Around the House
- The Peculiar Human and the Science of Us
- Science in the World Around Us
- Garden Science: Wildlife on your Doorstep
- Acknowledgements
- Index