Partha Ghose

Why is the night sky dark? How do bees buzz? Why do tea leaves collect in the centre of the cup after stirring? What makes a river meander? Why do people snore? Why does rain fall in drops?
Natural phenomena and ordinary everyday things often contain surprises and puzzles when we try to understand them in terms of basic scientific principles. In this book Partha Ghose and Dipankar Home have collected together a wide range of puzzles and paradoxes from everyday experience and given us simple scientific explanations. Sometimes there are surprises and more puzzles in store in the answers. A few riddles have so far defied explanation.
Although this book is intended especially for the young with high school degree science background, all scientists are young at heart, and there is much here to amuse and inform everyone. The lively and informal style makes Riddles in your Teacup an ideal companion to the more formal and traditional texts of the classroom.
Have fun thinking Science!… (mais)