The written equivalent of a spectrum beaming out from a prism. "Helen Czerski has a remarkable knack for finding scientific wonders under every rock, alongside every raindrop, and inside every grain of sand. " has a formidable knack for explaining mind-bending concepts in easy-to-understand language the book to read this week."
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"In a friendly, chatty style that includes anecdotes from her personal and professional life, Czerski manages to make spilled coffee fascinating tree growth astonishing telecommunications intuitive." The little fascinations we left behind in childhood are but her jumping-off points for the really, really big picture Hers if the kind of self-assured, endearing nerdishness that doesn't wait to see if you're on board: she pulls you along, anticipating your head-scratching at every fluorescing scorpion and swirling drop of milk in your teacup." "Helen Czerski's absorbing Storm in a Teacup stands head and shoulders above other popular science books. It's a wonderful way to discover the hidden scientific connections behind the ordinary and everyday." Helen invites you in to see the world through a her eyes and understand how a physicist thinks.
"This book is charming, accessible and enthusiastic. Fun, fascinating and brilliantly well written – 'Right there, in my teacup, I can see the storm.' Me too and I know what it is now." It is rare that someone can explain that which seems endlessly complex and makes you feel like in fact you'd understood it all along. It'll carry you gently to the peak and show you how stunning and beautiful the view is. "If you've ever felt like understanding how things work is just too big a mountain to climb then read this book.
Czerski's enthusiasm is infectious because she brings our humdrum everyday world to life, showing us that it is just as fascinating as anything that can be seen by the Hubble Telescope or created at the Large Hadron Collider." "A quite delightful book on the joys, and universality, of physics.
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