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11 verk 1,084 medlemmar 27 recensioner

Om författaren

Len Fisher, Ph.D., is the author of Weighing the Soul and How to Dunk a Doughnut, which was named Best Popular Science Book of the year by the American Institute of Physics

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Födelsedag
1942
Kön
male
Priser och utmärkelser
IgNobel Prize

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In this book, Len Fisher discusses the science of "everyday life", covering such topics as: dunking cookies in coffee; boiling eggs; the physics of tools; adding up supermarket bulls; the physics of boomerang throwing; ball catching in baseball; foam; taste and aroma; and the physics of sex. The book includes a few equations

While the book is enlightening it is not particularly entertaining. I found the text in general to be somewhat long winded and the author discussions about his own experiments to be tedious. I was also not particularly interested in most of the topics covered in this book. Storm in a Teacup by Helen Czerski, is in my opinion, a more entertaining and interesting books that covers many more topics than this book.… (mer)
 
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ElentarriLT | Mar 24, 2020 |
An entertaining and enli
 
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jhawn | 11 andra recensioner | Jul 31, 2017 |
not as visionary as I'd hoped, more a wonk's appraisal of the benefits of group-think. was hoping there were bigger ramifications than finding the shortest path through the park...
 
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CSRodgers | 3 andra recensioner | May 3, 2014 |

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Statistik

Verk
11
Medlemmar
1,084
Popularitet
#23,706
Betyg
½ 3.3
Recensioner
27
ISBN
44
Språk
6

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