Physicist and rising BBC star, Dr Helen Czerski shows that science isn't something complicated for someone else somewhere else but all around us, happening right now in pigeons, teacups and cakes.
Helen Czerski was born in Manchester. She is an Associate Professor
in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at University College
London. As a physicist, she studies the bubbles generated by
breaking waves in the ocean to understand their influence on
weather and climate.
Helen has been a regular presenter of BBC TV science documentaries
since 2011. She also hosts the Ocean Matters podcast, is part of
the Cosmic Shambles network, and is one of the presenters for the
Fully Charged Show. She has been a science columnist for the Wall
Street Journal since 2017 and she is the author of the bestselling
Storm in a Teacup- The Physics of Everyday Life, Bubbles- A
Ladybird Expert Book, and Blue Machine- how the ocean shapes our
world.
If you've ever felt like understanding how things work is just too
big a mountain to climb then read this book. It'll carry you gently
to the peak and show you how stunning and beautiful the view is. 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.
Helen Czerski's book does just that.
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.
*Marcus Brigstocke*
This book is charming, accessible and enthusiastic. Helen invites
you in to see the world through a her eyes and understand how a
physicist thinks. It's a wonderful way to discover the hidden
scientific connections behind the ordinary and everyday.
*Dr Hannah Fry*
Helen Czerski's absorbing Storm in a Teacup stands head and
shoulders above other popular science books. 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.
*The Irish Times*
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.
*Physics World*
[Helen Czerski] has a formidable knack for explaining mind-bending
concepts in easy-to-understand language ... the book to read this
week.
*Science Focus*
Helen Czerski has a remarkable knack for finding scientific wonders
under every rock, alongside every raindrop, and inside every grain
of sand.
The written equivalent of a spectrum beaming out from a prism.
Thanks to Helen’s brilliantly engaging book you’ll never consider
anything to be mundane or ordinary again.
*Jon Culshaw*
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