The Science of Everyday Life [Book Review] | GrrlScientist

A charming and funny book, which examines the physics of boomerangs, foam beer and sex

A detailed examination of the familiar and the everyday can reveal how daily life is truly extraordinary. In the book,

science of everyday life: an entertaining and informative study of what we do and everything we see

(Arcade Publishing, New York, reprint 2011 [Amazon UK, Amazon U.S.]), physical and foodie Len Fisher takes us on a journey through everyday life. For those of you who do not remember these things, Dr. Fisher is famous for winning a prize in physics IgNobel cookies work (which is "cookies" to the British) taste better when dipped in milk chocolate. (Actually, I think most foods taste better when dipped in milk chocolate.)

Contrary to the promises of the title of the book, Dr. Fisher has no address

all

do and see, but does not explain the scientific principles underlying some aspects of everyday life, without frightening the bejesus its readers with mathematical equations. With a touch of light and an infectious enthusiasm that children, where Dr. Fisher talks about the art and science of cookies / biscuits soaked, cook an egg, the physics of beer (or bath), foam, and even the physics of sex, the winner of sperm due to a number of obstacles to be rewarded, "as an old man, defended by expanding the walls and finally break the maid in".

Good!

also amusing is the story of the man who made a boomerang made transparent - only

after

it fell - it could not see it go back to crack his skull. And those who think that physics is boring especially enjoy the Fisher method for teaching Newton's laws of motion by calculating how long it would take an astronaut to travel from one end of the space station to another only in reaction force of ejaculation.
• stronger for the story, Dr. Fisher provides a historical analysis of science and even share some stories of his colleagues. In one example, he mentions that some scientists react to success when you sing or shout, but the story of a colleague who removes all his clothes and made a series of somersaults - "Eureka" moment reminiscent of the famous Archimedes.

This paperback book, funny and was originally published in 2002 in the UK, but was rewritten to an American audience in mind. Blog-like, is a collection of nine essays that can be played individually or collectively, in any order. In this book, Dr. Fisher has written mostly on the physics and food, but there are a lot of chemistry, biology and even an essay on the basic statistics. There are 70 pictures in black and white drawings scattered throughout nine chapters of the book, a coda, two appendices, detailed notes and interesting, and an index.

This collection witty and informative is fun to read. It provides a clear vision of how the scientific method (and the scientific mind) work. I think this book will be appreciated by those traveling by public transport, those who teach science and those trying to deal with questions of their children on the many "why" of everyday life.

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