Key insights from
Liquid Rules: The Delightful and Dangerous Substances That Flow Through Our Lives
What you'll learn
Mark Miodownik demonstrates his mastery of the material sciences by explaining everyday substances with everyday jargon people can grasp even without a doctorate from Oxford or professorship at the University of London. After giving us a tour of the world of solids in his award-winning book Stuff Matters, Miodownik returns to explore a more mysterious, dynamic state of matter.
Key insights
- • What you'll learn
- 1 Kerosene was discovered in the 800s, but the liquid wasn’t utilized until the 1800s.
- 2 Alcohol is poison, but we drink it all the time.
- 3 Saliva might be gross, but it protects your teeth and saves you the inconvenience of being constantly sick.
- 4 Teas come in all forms, but they all trace back to just one plant.
- 5 Earth is more liquid than solid.
- 6 Liquids are more dynamic than gasses or solids, which is why they pull out such a wide range of reactions from us.
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