Read Storm in a Teacup and you will see and understand the world as you never did before. Its a wonderful way to discover the hidden scientific connections behind the ordinary and everyday. Linking what makes popcorn pop to Antarctic winds, coffee stains to blood tests or ketchup bottles to aliens in space, every thread you pull in the fabric of everyday life shows you something new about the intricate patterns of our world. In Storm in a Teacup, Helen Czerski links the little things we see every day with the big world we live in. Not so, insists Helen Czerski – and in this sparkling new book she explores the patterns and connections that illustrate the grandest theories in the smallest everyday objects and experiences. In an age of string theory, fluid dynamics and biophysics, it can seem as if the science of our world is only for specialists and academics. What is it that helps both scorpions and cyclists to survive? What do raw eggs and gyroscopes have in common? And why does it matter? Storm in a Teacup is an accessible guide to Physics, a science that gets complicated very quickly when you have to study it at school and beyond. Just as Freakonomics brought economics to life, so Storm in a Teacup brings physics into our daily lives and makes it fascinating. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 30 August 2021.
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