Riddles in Your Teacup
by Partha Ghose
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Natural phenomena and ordinary, everyday things often contain surprises and puzzles when we attempt to understand them in terms of basic physical principles. Trying to explain what we see around us can even help us to understand physical principles more fully. Written by two well-known popularizers of science, Riddles in Your Teacup, Second Edition focuses on many puzzles, both simple and advanced, that relate to these phenomena. Revised and enlarged, this fascinating second edition contains show more challenging questions about everyday scientific mysteries. It presents an amusing and entertaining collection of puzzles and solutions, including some riddles that have continued to defy explanation. show lessTags
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Why is the night sky dark? How do bees buzz? Why do tea leaves collect in the centre of the cup after stirring? What makes a river meander? Why do people snore? Why does rain fall in drops?
Natural phenomena and ordinary everyday things often contain surprises and puzzles when we try to understand them in terms of basic scientific principles. In this book Partha Ghose and Dipankar Home have collected together a wide range of puzzles and paradoxes from everyday experience and given us simple scientific explanations. Sometimes there are surprises and more puzzles in store in the answers. A few riddles have so far defied explanation.
Although this book is intended especially for the young with high school degree science background, all show more scientists are young at heart, and there is much here to amuse and inform everyone. The lively and informal style makes Riddles in your Teacup an ideal companion to the more formal and traditional texts of the classroom.
Have fun thinking Science! show less
Natural phenomena and ordinary everyday things often contain surprises and puzzles when we try to understand them in terms of basic scientific principles. In this book Partha Ghose and Dipankar Home have collected together a wide range of puzzles and paradoxes from everyday experience and given us simple scientific explanations. Sometimes there are surprises and more puzzles in store in the answers. A few riddles have so far defied explanation.
Although this book is intended especially for the young with high school degree science background, all show more scientists are young at heart, and there is much here to amuse and inform everyone. The lively and informal style makes Riddles in your Teacup an ideal companion to the more formal and traditional texts of the classroom.
Have fun thinking Science! show less
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