Storm in a Teacup: The Physics of Everyday Life Audible Audiobook – Unabridged

Helen Czerski (Author), Chloe Massey (Narrator), Random House Audiobooks (Publisher)

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Just as Freakonomics brought economics to life, so Storm in a Teacup brings physics into our daily lives and makes it fascinating.

What is it that helps both scorpions and cyclists to survive? What do raw eggs and gyroscopes have in common? And why does it matter?

In an age of string theory, fluid dynamics and biophysics, it can seem as if the science of our world is for only specialists and academics. Not so, insists Helen Czerski - and in this sparkling new audiobook she explores the patterns and connections that illustrate the grandest theories in the smallest everyday objects and experiences.

Linking what makes popcorn pop to Antarctic winds, coffee stains to blood tests, and ketchup bottles to aliens in space, every thread you pull in the fabric of everyday life shows you something new about the intricate patterns of our world.

Listen to Storm in a Teacup, and you will see and understand the world as you never did before.

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10 hours and 14 minutes
Author

Helen Czerski
Narrator

Chloe Massey
Audible release date

10 November 2016
Language

English
Publisher

Random House Audiobooks
ASIN

B079Y6QNDM
Version

Unabridged
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Listening Length	10 hours and 14 minutes
Author	Helen Czerski
Narrator	Chloe Massey
Audible.in Release Date	10 November 2016
Publisher	Random House Audiobooks
Program Type	Audiobook
Version	Unabridged
Language	English
ASIN	B079Y6QNDM
Best Sellers Rank	#2,407 in Audible Books & Originals (See Top 100 in Audible Books & Originals) #8 in Earth Sciences (Audible Books & Originals) #32 in Physics (Audible Books & Originals) #52 in Biological Sciences

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Dr. Chittaranjan Andrade

Good content, poor presentation

Reviewed in India 🇮🇳 on 9 June 2021

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The author writes reasonably well, the examples are good, and humor is interjected where possible. The content will interest readers with an average knowledge and understanding of physics. The book has an index. A large minus point is that the chapters are long and are not broken into sections by side headings. And, there are no pictures or diagrams. So, readers are faced with pages upon pages of unbroken text. This could discourage readers from starting the book.

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sreesankar

Interesting read never boring

Reviewed in India 🇮🇳 on 17 August 2021

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Nice simplified book for those who are curious in understanding how things work. I think for school kids this book will generate curiosity and push them to learn more.

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Vritant

Did not really connect with

Reviewed in India 🇮🇳 on 29 May 2022

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This book could have been better. Three things which this book lack are:
1. Illustrations, which is an absolute must for this book in particular.
2. The writing style is too colloquial, not much effort went into trying to explain things.
3. Structure: There are no subtopics. The content is very loosely held.
Overall, I won't suggest it. The author knows her stuff and is extremely enthusiastic over what she is doing, but a great scientist doesn't equal a great writer.

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Sidh Goyal

Perfect for all - Physics Lovers AND Haters

Reviewed in India 🇮🇳 on 14 September 2017

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Don't judge a book by its cover. But with this book you just can't help being inquisitive after seeing its one of a kind cover illustration. This book is the key to igniting the spark of curiosity and pure love for physics in you. From the buzzing of bees to the working of mobile signals, this book has it all covered. What makes it so interesting is that it tells us so many facts and reasons about the things that go around us unnoticed. Have you ever wondered why does rain fall in drops ? Have you ever thought why doesn't a snail fall off the wall or roof? Don't stay in ignorance. See the storm in your own teacup after reading this marvellous book.

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PranavJayan91

Brilliantly quirky

Reviewed in India 🇮🇳 on 21 July 2021

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Brilliantly quirky and an amazing adventure through physics. The whole approach of explaining physics through everyday observations is a fun way to learn as you read through this book.

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satheesh

outstanding narration

Reviewed in India 🇮🇳 on 15 January 2020

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This book is narrated superbly and covers almost all major topics covered in physics taken by science students by their 12th grade. This should be considered as a motivational book for students with interest in science and physics in particular. Would have been nice to see few diagrams and photos in such a book.

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SRI

GOOD PERSPECTIVE

Reviewed in India 🇮🇳 on 2 January 2020

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It is all about the Fundamental Laws of Physics in the day-to-day activities. Making Waves: From Water to Wifi is the best compilation.

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Dhananjay Redkar

Wonderfully explained Physics of everyday life

Reviewed in India 🇮🇳 on 24 March 2021

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Such a sheer joy to read this book

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CloselyObservedEnglish

A good introduction to science

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on 30 August 2021

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'Storm in a Teacup' is an accessible guide to Physics, a science that gets complicated very quickly when you have to study it at school and beyond. Czerski's skill is to make sure it never gets too tricky, but focusing on the science of everyday objects - such as how the fact that boiled eggs are solid while raw eggs are liquid inside means that they behave differently when you spin them.

The going is best in the early stages, as there are more areas of Physics for Czerski to explore from her living room or kitchen. This is the 'everyday life' part of the book, but the further we venture into the science, the further we go from the everyday. That's not a problem, per se, but it does mean that you have to pay increasing levels of attention - especially by the time you start reading about electromagnetism. Fortunately the quantum world does not make its presence felt in either tea or milk, so Czerski can leave this part of Physics alone.

The one real weakness of the book is in the writing style. This feels less like a book and more like a written-down Netflix nature documentary. But in a documentary, when the camera cuts from a scene on a beach to a scene ten kilometres under the sea, we have David Attenborough's calm voice guiding us; here, the sudden cut is jolting, and though you know why Czerski is doing it, the technique grates when it's used for the fourth or fifth time in that chapter. We don't need the element of surprise to keep us interested in the topic - the topic is interesting enough not to require such artifice.

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Rick Yagodich

A very basic introduction to physics of the everyday world

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on 30 March 2019

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While there is something of a logical progression to the subjects covered within this book, it failed me on several levels.

Firstly, it is very much a basic introduction to the small-scale physics of the everyday world, a subject anyone who has any level of education in the subject will be sufficiently familiar with that there wuill be nothing new within these pages.

Secondly, there are too many isntances where a subject is being covered, and the author jumps, without warning, section-break, or even neatly wrapping the preceeding thought, to some anecdote or historical background.

9 people found this helpful

J. Taylor

Whistle-stop tour of physical phenomena

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on 21 July 2019

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Overall a fantastic book for the enquiring mind. Czerski dips into a vast array of science subjects and relates interesting facts, before moving on. A really good aspect is her habit of relating an aspect of physical magnitude to each phenomena discussed - which adds to the understanding of the reader.
Topics flow in an orderly structure for most of the book. If there is a small criticism to make, I felt that the last chapter was slightly shallow compared to the rest (more description than explanation). Perhaps Czerski was rushing to finish, before setting off on her next adventure, but this didn't significantly detract from what was an excellent book.

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TrishL

Loved it

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on 23 September 2018

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Easy to understand Physics. This is a great general interest book to get you thinking about the physics of how things work but without all the mind numbing talk that most physics books ramble on about. Lots of little simple experiments to try in your home as you read along. Would be great to read and do the experiments with your kids. Or just for fun for big kids. An easy and very captivating read with plenty of humour to keep you interested.

8 people found this helpful

SKRex

This lady knows her physics and how to write about it!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on 4 October 2017

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Thoroughly enjoyed this book - very well thought out and written. Manages to apply physics to the everyday world around us in simple everyday language without being patronising. As an engineer I have a background in physics and whilst I might not have seen any new physics I certainly saw physics in a new way!

Can recommend this book for the person who knows about physcis and for the person who doesn't.

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