Atoms under the floorboards : the surprising science hidden in your home / Chris Woodford.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Bloomsbury sigma series ; bk. 3.Publisher: London, UK ; New York, NY, USA : Bloomsbury Sigma, 2015Copyright date: Description: 336 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781472912220
  • 1472912225
  • 9781472918222
  • 1472918223
  • 9781472912237
  • 1472912233
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 500 23
LOC classification:
  • Q173 .W795 2015
Contents:
Introduction -- Firm foundations -- Upstairs, downstairs -- Superheroics -- The beauty of bikes -- Car crazy -- Sticky stuff -- The inside story -- Amazing glazing -- Saggy sofas, squeaky floors -- Light delights -- Radio Gaga -- Living by numbers -- Blowing hot and cold -- Food miles -- Stirring stuff -- Water, water -- Stain games -- Dressing to impress.
Summary: The perfect way to enjoy science from the sofa, Atoms under the Floorboards introduces you to the incredible scientific explanations behind a variety of household phenomena, from gurgling drains and squeaky floorboards to rubbery custard and shiny shoes. *Is it better to build skyscrapers like wobbly jellies or stacks of biscuits? *Can you burn your house down with an electric drill? *How many atoms would you have to split to power a lightbulb? Atoms under the Floorboards answers all these questions, and hundreds more. You'll never look at your home the same way again ... Source other than the Library of Congress.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-328) and index.

Introduction -- Firm foundations -- Upstairs, downstairs -- Superheroics -- The beauty of bikes -- Car crazy -- Sticky stuff -- The inside story -- Amazing glazing -- Saggy sofas, squeaky floors -- Light delights -- Radio Gaga -- Living by numbers -- Blowing hot and cold -- Food miles -- Stirring stuff -- Water, water -- Stain games -- Dressing to impress.

The perfect way to enjoy science from the sofa, Atoms under the Floorboards introduces you to the incredible scientific explanations behind a variety of household phenomena, from gurgling drains and squeaky floorboards to rubbery custard and shiny shoes. *Is it better to build skyscrapers like wobbly jellies or stacks of biscuits? *Can you burn your house down with an electric drill? *How many atoms would you have to split to power a lightbulb? Atoms under the Floorboards answers all these questions, and hundreds more. You'll never look at your home the same way again ... Source other than the Library of Congress.

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