Liquid: The Delightful and Dangerous Substances That Flow Through Our Lives
Mark Miodownik
Liquid: The Delightful and Dangerous Substances That Flow Through Our Lives
Mark Miodownik
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 encounter day-to-day. Structured around a plane journey which sees encounters with water, wine, and oil, among others, Miodownik shows that liquids are agents of death and destruction as well as substances of wonder and fascination. 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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