How it All Works
All scientific laws and phenomena illustrated & demonstrated
by Adam Dant; Brian Clegg
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Pub Date 2 Nov 2021 | Archive Date 9 Nov 2021
Quarto Publishing Group – Ivy Press | Ivy Press
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Description
In this beautiful and unique combination of art and science, this stunningly detailed book examines how the rules of science govern the the world around us, from the rooms in our houses to the planet, the solar system and the universe itself!
The Universe is inconceivably complex. Its component parts though follow a set of unbreakable laws that have somehow been coded into their very fabric since the beginning of time. These laws play out in different ways at different scales, giving rise to the familiar phenomena of everyday life – as well as the unfamiliar abstract goings-on outside our experience and awareness. Understanding these laws may seem a daunting task, until now.
How it All Works illustrates simply how the most interesting and complex named scientific laws and phenomena affect everyone’s daily lives. Using hyper-detailed scene illustrations from the incredible award-winning artist Adam Dant, we start small, with the illustrated science inside your kitchen, before expanding outwards to encompass your garden, street, city, continent, planet, solar system, galaxy and eventually the whole universe.
With tiny details pulled out from visually stunning and intricate scene, learn how:
- Kirchhoff’s Law affects how you charge your phone,
- Newton’s Law of Cooling helps you make your coffee just the right temperature to drink,
- How the rules of antimatter are used in hospitals for medical imaging,
- How Cassie's law keeps ducks dry,
- How glaciation shapes the ladscapes around us,
- How thermohaline circulation dictates our weather, and
- How quantum tunnelling influences the nuclear fusion in our sun, and Wien’s Law determines its colour.
This book will astound and inform in equal measure, with each principle drawn into the scene and explained with clarity by leading science writer Brian Clegg.
With a reference section at the back as well as profiles of the key figures who have helped shape our understanding of these key principles, from Lynn Margulis and Richard Feynman to Marie Curie, Michael Faraday,Isaac Newton and Albert Einstein, this beautiful and unique visual examination of the rules of science is an must-have book for anyone who wants to understand the physics, chemistry and biology of the world around us!
Available Editions
| EDITION | Other Format |
| ISBN | 9780711256781 |
| PRICE | US$24.99 (USD) |
Featured Reviews
L G, Educator
This is sooooo cool! An illustrated guide to the scientific phenomena and laws of science in place all around us in our everyday lives. Even the simplest act, like making breakfast, exemplifies so much of how the natural world works and it cultivates a healthy sense of wonder to be aware of it.
This is suitable for any adult nerd, of course, but would also be excellent for middle school and high school readers. It's very information dense, so I recommend reading it in small bites to fully absorb the principles explained, but it's a lesson in applied science that I think will really resonate.
Many thanks to the publisher and NetGalley for the opportunity to read and review!
Sierra B, Reviewer
A lovely guide to scientific laws! This would be a perfect gift for a kid ages 10-15 interested in science, especially if they are like I was and enjoy reading reference books cover to cover. Not recommended for most people to read straight through, but a fantastic coffee table book! ARC provided by NetGalley. Posted on goodreads
jc C, Educator
How it All Works by Brian Clegg and Adam Dant is a brilliant book that demonstrates the laws of science in action all around us in our everyday lives. The illustrations are mesmerizing and the book captivates you from the start. I thought the bite sized paragraphs of information next to a small picture were brilliant. It is organised so that you can pick it up and put it down again whenever the fancy takes you. It is a great coffee table book, and would also be good for children to help them relate scientific laws to everyday life. It brings science down to earth a bit and helps everyone understand the way it governs everything around us. An excellent book that I would highly recommend to everyone.
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Annie B, Reviewer
How it All Works is a meticulously and extravagantly illustrated guide to scientific laws and principles by Adam Dant & Brian Clegg. Due out 2nd Nov 2021 from Quarto on their Ivy Press imprint, it's 160 pages and will be available in hardcover and ebook formats.
This is a genuinely useful and engaging book which does a good job of illuminating physical/scientific concepts and distilling them into understandable intuitively digestible information. Each double page illustration is packed with action - the illustrations are frenetic and *full* of things to look at. The following key panels explain where, when, what, how, and why. The keyhole panels are labeled with a L for laws, and a P for phenomena alongside an accessible short explanation.
Although aimed at middle grade to high school readers, this would be a great addition to the home library. This would also be a good choice for public or school library acquisition and/or gift giving.
Five stars.
Disclosure: I received an ARC at no cost from the author/publisher for review purposes.
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