num_pages: 225
description: Have you ever wondered why ice floats and water is such a freaky liquid? Or why chillies and mustard are both hot but in different ways? Or why microwaves don't cook from the inside out? In this fascinating scientific tour of household objects The One Show presenter and all-round Science Bloke Marty Jopson has the answer to all of these and many more baffling questions about the chemistry and physics of the everyday stuff we use every day.
language: None
title: The Science of Everyday Life: Why Teapots Dribble, Toast Burns and Light Bulbs Shine
publisher: Michael O'Mara