Liquid: The Delightful and Dangerous Substances That Flow Through Our Lives - Couverture souple

Miodownik, Mark

 
9780241977309: Liquid: The Delightful and Dangerous Substances That Flow Through Our Lives
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ISBN 10 : 0241977304 ISBN 13 : 9780241977309
Editeur : Viking, 2018

Synopsis

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 all encounter every day. Structured around a plane journey which sees encounters with water, wine, oil and more, Miodownik shows that liquids are agents of death and destruction as well as substances of wonder and fascination, and - 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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À propos de l'auteur

A Financial Times Master of Science and chosen by The Times as one of the 100 most influential scientists in the UK, Mark Miodownik is Professor of Materials and Society at University College London, where he is also Director of the Institute of Making. He is the author of the book Stuff Matters, a New York Times bestseller which won the Royal Society Winton Prize. Mark has also received the Michael Faraday Prize for his expertise in science communication. He presents BBC TV and Radio programmes on science and engineering such as Everyday Miracles, How It Works, Chefs vs Science, Secrets of the Super Elements and recently made a three-part BBC Radio 4 documentary called Plastic Fantastic.

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Éditeur
Viking
Date d'édition
2018
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0241977304
ISBN 13 
9780241977309
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
288
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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9780241977293: Liquid: The Delightful and Dangerous Substances That Flow Through Our Lives

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ISBN 10 :  0241977290 ISBN 13 :  9780241977293
Editeur : Viking, 2018
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