Storm in a Teacup

“[Czerski’s] quest to enhance humanity’s everyday scientific literacy is timely and imperative.”—Science

"A revelation.... Anyone who can write so appealingly about scientific complexities deserves the hats-off prize."

"Helen Czerski’s engaging debut book seeks to demystify physics in everyday life, so whether you know your refraction from your reflection, or find the entire subject incomprehensible, this should be an invaluable primer."

"Excellent… an ideal gift for any scientifically inquisitive person, including children or adults who retain a child's sense of wonder. Robert Hooke would have loved it."

"In an age when any questions we have about the workings of the world are instantly answerable via Google, physicist Czerski pushes us to resist the search engine.… [W]hy not learn some simple physics so that you can try to puzzle things out for yourself?"

"Delightful.…Replete with historical detail.…Storm in a Teacup will entertain and educate any person with a healthy curiosity about the natural world."

"This book is charming, accessible and enthusiastic. Helen invites you in to see the world through her eyes and understand how a physicist think. It’s a wonderful way to discover the hidden scientific connections behind the ordinary and everyday."

"A delightful book on the joys and universality of physics. Czerski brings our humdrum everyday world to life, showing us that it is just as fascinating as anything that can be seen by the Hubble Telescope or created at the large Hadron Collider."

"Storm in a Teacup is a course in physics, but it’s less like a classroom than a long walk with a patient, charming, and very, very learned friend. Czerski has a remarkable knack for finding scientific wonders under every rock, alongside every raindrop, and inside every grain of sand."

Helen Czerski is a physicist and oceanographer at University College London. The author of The Blue Machine and Storm in a Teacup, she is a columnist for the Wall Street Journal, writing regularly about the physics of everyday life. She lives in London.