Riddles in Your Teacup

Riddles in Your Teacup
ISBN-10
0750302755
ISBN-13
9780750302753
Category
Science
Pages
584
Language
English
Published
1994-01-01
Publisher
CRC Press
Authors
P Ghose, D Home

Description

Natural phenomena and ordinary, everyday things often contain surprises and puzzles when we attempt to understand them in terms of basic physical principles. Trying to explain what we see around us can even help us to understand physical principles more fully. Written by two well-known popularizers of science, Riddles in Your Teacup, Second Edition focuses on many puzzles, both simple and advanced, that relate to these phenomena. Revised and enlarged, this fascinating second edition contains challenging questions about everyday scientific mysteries. It presents an amusing and entertaining collection of puzzles and solutions, including some riddles that have continued to defy explanation.

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