What Einstein Didn't Know: Scientific Answers to Everyday Questions: 15th Anniversary Edition - Couverture souple

Wolke, Robert

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0486492893 ISBN 13 : 9780486492896

Editeur : Dover Publications Inc., 2014

Synopsis

Discover how cricket chirps can tell us the temperature, why you can't unburn a match, why ice floats, and a host of mysteries of modern living -- including some riddles that maybe even Einstein couldn't solve. From the simple (How does soap know what's dirt? How do magnets work? Why do batteries die?) to the more complex (Why does evaporation have a cooling effect? Where does uranium get its energy?), this book makes science more understandable and fun.
Author Robert Wolke provides definitive and easy-to-comprehend explanations for things that we take for granted, like the illumination behind neon signs and the mysteries of beverage carbonation. Wolke also dares readers to explore and conduct their own experiments with food, kitchen utensils, and common household products. This fifteenth anniversary edition of his bestselling popular science classic has been completely revised and expanded.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Robert L. Wolke is Professor Emeritus of Chemistry at the University of Pittsburgh and a food columnist for The Washington Post. The recipient of numerous awards, he enjoys nationwide renown as an educator, lecturer, and interpreter of science for lay audiences.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Dover Publications Inc.
• Date d'édition: 2014
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0486492893
• ISBN 13: 9780486492896
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 272
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: Soc. Agr. La Raia Ss; http://www.la-raia.it; ; Strada Monterotondo, 79; Novi Ligure; 15067; Italie