Why does a dropped slice of toast always land butter side down? What's the science behind 'six degrees of separation?' How do stones 'skim'? Why, when we visit somewhere new, does it seem to take far longer to get there than to come back? These are the kind of intriguing mysteries of everyday life that Jay Ingram's new book sets out to solve by scientific investigation. Where so many supposedly popular science books these days are densely argued and strenuously theoretical works about quantum physics or the uncertainty ...
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Why does a dropped slice of toast always land butter side down? What's the science behind 'six degrees of separation?' How do stones 'skim'? Why, when we visit somewhere new, does it seem to take far longer to get there than to come back? These are the kind of intriguing mysteries of everyday life that Jay Ingram's new book sets out to solve by scientific investigation. Where so many supposedly popular science books these days are densely argued and strenuously theoretical works about quantum physics or the uncertainty theory that at the very least would not be leisure reading for the average bookbuyer, The Velocity of Honey is that rare article, a genuinely popular, readable and entertaining science book. The author will be well known to the many viewers of the Discovery Channel, and his last book for Aurum, The Barmaid's Brain, sold out in two editions. Why The Velocity of Honey? Because the author also answers the question of why honey inevitably runs off the spoon and forms strange dribbly shaped on your toast...
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