Physicist and rising BBC star, Dr Helen Czerski shows that science isn't something complicated for someone else somewhere else but all around us, happening right now in pigeons, teacups and cakes.
Helen Czerski was born in Manchester. She is a lecturer in the
Mechanical Engineering Department at University College London. As
a physicist she studies the bubbles underneath breaking waves in
the open ocean to understand their effects on weather and
climate.
Helen regularly presents BBC programmes on physics, the ocean and
the atmosphere - recent series include Colour- The Spectrum of
Science, Orbit, Operation Iceberg, Super Senses, Dara O'Briain's
Science Club, as well as programmes on bubbles, the sun and our
weather. She is also a columnist for Focus magazine, shortlisted
for PPA columnist of the year in 2014, and has written numerous
articles for national newspapers.
She lives in London.
"A quite delightful book on the joys, and universality, of physics.
Czerski’s enthusiasm is infectious because she 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."
*Jim Al-Khalili*
"If you've ever felt like understanding how things work is just too
big a mountain to climb then read this book. It'll carry you gently
to the peak and show you how stunning and beautiful the view is. It
is rare that someone can explain that which seems endlessly complex
and makes you feel like in fact you'd understood it all along.
Helen Czerski's book does just that.
Fun, fascinating and brilliantly well written - 'Right there, in my
teacup, I can see the storm.' Me too and I know what it is
now."
*Marcus Brigstocke*
"This book is charming, accessible and enthusiastic. Helen invites
you in to see the world through a her eyes and understand how a
physicist thinks. It's a wonderful way to discover the hidden
scientific connections behind the ordinary and everyday."
*Dr Hannah Fry*
"Helen Czerski's absorbing Storm in a Teacup stands head and
shoulders above other popular science books. The little
fascinations we left behind in childhood are but her jumping-off
points for the really, really big picture ... Hers if the kind of
self-assured, endearing nerdishness that doesn't wait to see if
you're on board: she pulls you along, anticipating your
head-scratching at every fluorescing scorpion and swirling drop of
milk in your teacup."
*The Irish Times*
"In a friendly, chatty style that includes anecdotes from her
personal and professional life, Czerski manages to make spilled
coffee fascinating; tree growth astonishing; telecommunications
intuitive."
*Physics World*
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