"With this book in hand, we have all we need to set off on our
next flight with our eyes open to the sheer wonder of what is
involved." --Alain de Botton, author of "A Week at the Airport, "
in the "Mail on Sunday "
"Imagine Leonardo da Vinci seated next to you on an airplane. .
. . Brian Clegg attempts to restore something of the lost wonder of
air travel . . . even as Leonardo, so fascinated by science, might
have done . . . leav ing] his readers improved for the journey and
filled with a renewed sense of curiosity toward the wonders out
their window."--"Wall Street Journal"
"An eye-spy book for adults . . . fitting into that publishing
niche somewhere between hard science and "Schott's Miscellany" that
was so successfully exploited by books such as "The Cloudspotter's
Guide."" --London "Times" Book of the Week
Every moment of your airplane journey is an opportunity to
experience science in action--"Inflight Science" will be your
guide. Brian Clegg explains the ever-changing view from your window
seat and suggests entertaining experiments to calculate how far
away you are from distant objects and the population of the towns
you fly over. You'll learn why the coastline is infinite in length,
the cause of thunderstorms, and why there's absolutely no chance of
getting stuck on an airline vacuum toilet
Packed full of amazing insights from physics, chemistry,
engineering, geography, and more, "Inflight Science" is a voyage of
scientific discovery perfect for any journey.
Brian Clegg is the author of several popular science titles,
including "Before the Big Bang "and the forthcoming "How to Build a
Time Machine" (2011), both from St. Martin's Press.
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