Sometimes explosive, often delicious, occasionally poisonous, but always interesting: the New York Times best-selling author of Stuff Matters show us the secret lives of liquids: the shadow counterpart of our solid "stuff."
We all know that without water we couldn’t survive, and that sometimes a cup of coffee or a glass of wine feels just as vital. But do we really understand h...
Sometimes explosive, often delicious, occasionally poisonous, but always interesting: the New York Times best-selling author of Stuff Matters show us the secret lives of liquids: the shadow counterpart of our solid "stuff."
We all know that without water we couldn’t survive, and that sometimes a cup of coffee or a glass of wine feels just as vital. But do we really understand how much we rely on liquids, or the destructive power they hold?
Set over the course of a flight from London to San Francisco, Liquid Rules offers readers a fascinating tour of these formless substances, told through the language of molecules, droplets, heartbeats, and ocean waves. Throughout the trip, we encounter fluids within the plane—from a seemingly ordinary cup of tea to a liquid crystal display screen—and without, in the volcanoes of Iceland, the frozen expanse of Greenland, and the marvelous California coastline. We come to see liquids as substances of wonder and fascination, and to understand their potential for death and destruction. Just as in Stuff Matters, Mark Miodownik’s unique brand of scientific storytelling brings liquids and their mysterious properties to life in a captivating new way.
"It's probably fair to say that most people don't find materials science an inherently exciting topic. But this opinion is nearly impossible to hold after reading anything written by Mark Miodownik. In Stuff Matters, Miodownik revealed that materials as apparently humdrum as concrete are actually amazing. In Liquid Rules, Miodownik yet again makes the seemingly mundane awe-inspiring. I'll never look at a ballpoint pen the same way again."
—Kelly and Zach Weinersmith, New York Times-bestselling authors of Soonish
"This book delivers exactly what it promises…A splendid soup of liquid-related science…It's a treat. I lost count of the number of ‘but why?’ questions it answers . . . This is a winning and hugely readable book."
—Sunday Times
"Mark Miodownik is the science communicator’s science communicator…. Once again, he has written a book much like the substances it describes: exciting, anarchic and surprising. Like the sea, it covers a lot of ground. And like a perfectly made cup of tea, it is warm, comforting and very refreshing."
MARK MIODOWNIK is professor of materials and society at University College London, where he is also director of the Institute of Making. He is the author of the book Stuff Matters, a New York Times bestseller which won the National Academy of Sciences Communication Award for Books and the Royal Society Winton Prize. Mark writes regularly for the Guardian, hosts regular shows on...
MARK MIODOWNIK is professor of materials and society at University College London, where he is also director of the Institute of Making. He is the author of the book Stuff Matters, a New York Times bestseller which won the National Academy of Sciences Communication Award for Books and the Royal Society Winton Prize. Mark writes regularly for the Guardian, hosts regular shows on the BBC, and was chosen as by the Times as one of the one hundred most influential scientists in the UK.
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0 有用 Yety 2020-01-20 00:41:15
提高英文水平任重而道远呀～
0 有用 ZZ 2021-02-25 10:41:00
没有逐字逐句阅读，但是已经能够感到作者把科学通过非常生动的一次飞行中所经历的描写出来，让整本书的结构非常好，也很亲民。
0 有用 Crumbs 2022-05-31 10:44:23
What an educational and thoughtful flight. Innocent Susan becomes one of the props in the book without even knowing it.
0 有用 MMDou 2020-01-28 19:49:48
像作者写的随笔，还是蛮涨姿势的
0 有用 colin 2020-11-26 20:33:31
行文很随性，作者通过讲述了一次飞行经历，科普了很多液体的知识，选材还是挺有意思的。只是不是很喜欢这种完全无法预测接下来会讲什么的阅读体验，散文式的科普有点抓不到要点，结构不如大多数科普书那样清晰。勉强四星吧。
0 有用 小毛巾 2022-11-21 09:31:29 甘肃
他甚至没有用chemdraw画分子式！
0 有用 Crumbs 2022-05-31 10:44:23
What an educational and thoughtful flight. Innocent Susan becomes one of the props in the book without even knowing it.
0 有用 多喜子 2021-06-25 22:46:25
[有声书] 蛮不错的一本科普！以坐一趟从伦敦到旧金山的飞机旅途为背景，介绍了多种与我们生活息息相关的液体，印象深刻的包括：燃料、胶、海水、泡茶的热水、煮咖啡的水、口水、酒、泪水、墨水以及圆珠笔、肥皂水、洗发水、制冷液体、玻璃塑料回收… 感觉一下子都举不完例子了！最有趣的是作者作为英国人，整个飞行过程跟邻座和跟空乘的各种打交道的雷区，很英国很搞笑。作为物理白痴，很多细节都吸收得不好，但整本下来对身边... [有声书] 蛮不错的一本科普！以坐一趟从伦敦到旧金山的飞机旅途为背景，介绍了多种与我们生活息息相关的液体，印象深刻的包括：燃料、胶、海水、泡茶的热水、煮咖啡的水、口水、酒、泪水、墨水以及圆珠笔、肥皂水、洗发水、制冷液体、玻璃塑料回收… 感觉一下子都举不完例子了！最有趣的是作者作为英国人，整个飞行过程跟邻座和跟空乘的各种打交道的雷区，很英国很搞笑。作为物理白痴，很多细节都吸收得不好，但整本下来对身边的各种液体产生了新的看法和感受。作为液体科普读物，还是蛮有趣的！ (展开)
0 有用 江米枣糕文氓娜 2021-03-20 06:41:06
有声版。有趣的科普书。
0 有用 ZZ 2021-02-25 10:41:00
没有逐字逐句阅读，但是已经能够感到作者把科学通过非常生动的一次飞行中所经历的描写出来，让整本书的结构非常好，也很亲民。