Description
Book SynopsisWith easy-to-understand explanations, detailed illustrations, and entertaining anecdotes, Young reveals the Fizzics behind these familiar-yet surprising-objects.
Trade ReviewA technological history perfect for science and general-interest collections alike. Midwest Book Review This book fills a gap in the literature, describing everyday phenomena that are seldom treated in similar books. Choice A friendly foray into the humble bubble, from honeycombs and soaps to sunset flashes, written by a physicist in the field. Science News
Table of ContentsPreface
Prologue
1. The Physics of Fizzy: Gas Bubbles in Liquid
Bubbles in Beer and Volcanoes
The Ins and Outs of Bubble Oscillations
Springboard and Platform Diving
Propellers, Pumps, and Porpoises
Knuckle Cracking
Dams
Cartesian Divers
Bubbles in Your Bubbly
The Ascent of Sap in Trees
Ceramic Bubbles
White- Water Physics
2. Raining Cats and Dogs: Liquid Droplets in a Gas
Faucet Physics
Spider's Web
Liquid-Drop Model of the Atomic Nucleus
The Swirl of Bath Water
Morning Dew
Acid Rain
Bubble Chambers and Atom Smashers
Clouds
Thunder and Lightning
Snow
Hail
Vapor Trails
The Rainbow
Halos
Glories
The Green Flash
The Blue Sky
3. The Perfect Pint: The Science of Foams
Liquid Foams
Free-Fighting Foams
Honeycombs and Mattresses
Bones
Mining Foams
Foams on the Farm
4. Where There's Life, There's Soap: The Science of Surface Tension
Soap Bubbles
Coffee Rings
Soap Molecules
The Bubble That Lived
The Soapy Computer
Bubble Raft
Anti-Bubbles
Feeling the Tension
Record-Breaking Bubbles
5. Poetry in the Ocean: Bubbles in the Sea
A Storm at Sea
Bubble Nets
Fish-Killing Bubbled
Bubblese Hiding Mines
6. What Light from Yonder Bubble Breaks?
Sonoluminescence
The Star in the Jar
Liquid Light
Light from Breaking Glass
Sonoluminescence in Space
7. In the Operating Theatre: Medical Bubbles
Cleaning a Wound
The Bends
Bubbles in the Blood
Bubbles in the Bladder
Designer Bubbles
Epilogue
Glossary
References
Index
