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Take a peek up at the actors on a clear night, and you get a sense that the world is great and untouchable, packed with mysteries beyond understanding. But did you know that the main element to unveiling the secrets of the cosmos is really as close as the nearest toaster? Our home here on the planet is messy, mutable, and packed with humdrum things that we touch and adjust without much thought every day. But these familiar surroundings are just the destination to look if you're interested in what makes the world tick. In Storm in a Teacup, Helen Czerski supplies the tools to improve the way we see everything all around us by linking normal things and occurrences, like popcorn popping, coffee stains, and refrigerator magnets, to big ideas like weather change, the energy crisis, and impressive medical assessment. She books us through the principles of gases ("explosions in the kitchen are generally considered an awful idea. But just sometimes a small you can produce something delightful"); gravity (drop some raisins in a bottle of carbonated lemonade watching the whoosh of bubbles and the dancing raisins at the bottom bumping into one another); size (Czerski points out the action of this inflatable water substances that cause the crime-scene stain left by way of a puddle of dried espresso); and time (why it takes such a long time for ketchup to come out of a bottle). On the way she provides answers to vexing questions: How exactly does normal water travel from the roots of a redwood tree to its crown? Just how do ducks keep their foot warm when walking on glaciers? Why does dairy, when added to tea, look like billowing surprise clouds? Within an engaging voice simultaneously warm and witty, Czerski stocks her stunning breadth of knowledge to lift up the veil of familiarity from the normal. You may never check out your toaster the same manner.
