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Part of the new Ladybird Expert series, Bubbles is a clear, surprising
and entertaining introduction to the science of bubbles.**
Bubbles are beautiful, ephemeral, fun, fragile, jolly and slightly
unpredictable. We're all familiar with them, but we don't often ask what
they actually are.
The great scientists of the Western world - Robert Hooke, Isaac Newton,
Lord Rayleigh and more - studied bubbles seriously. They recognised that
they had a lot to say about the nature of the physical world, and they
poked, prodded and listened to find out what it was. In the years since,
we've learned that this bulbous arrangement of liquid and gas does
things that neither the gas or the liquid could do by itself.
Written by the celebrated physicist and oceanographer Helen Czerski,
Bubbles explores how everything from the way drinks taste to the
Earth's temperature are influenced by bubbles.
This book has a message: never underestimate a bubble!
Written by the leading lights and most outstanding communicators in
their fields, the Ladybird Expert books provide clear, accessible and
authoritative introductions to subjects drawn from science, history and
culture.
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For an adult readership, the Ladybird Expert series is produced in the
same iconic small hardback format pioneered by the original Ladybirds.
Each beautifully illustrated book features the first new illustrations
produced in the original Ladybird style for nearly forty years.**
