Universal Foam: Exploring the Science of Nature's Most Mysterious Substance - Softcover

PERKOWITZ, SIDNEY

Softcover

ISBN 10: 038572070X ISBN 13: 9780385720700

Publisher: Anchor, 2001

Synopsis

Physicist Sidney Perkowitz, whom the Washington Post calls "a gloriously lucid science writer," exposes the full dimensions of foam in our lives, from cappuccino to the cosmos.

Foam affects the taste of beer, makes shaving easier, insulates take-out coffee cups and NASA space shuttles, controls bleeding in trauma victims, aids in drilling for oil, and captures dust particles from comets. The foam of ocean whitecaps affects Earth's climate, and astronomers believe the billions of galaxies that make up the universe rest on surfaces of immense bubbles within a gargantuan foam. From the cultural uses of foam to the cutting edge of foam research in cosmology and quantum mechanics, Perkowitz's investigations will delight readers of Henry Petroski, James Gleick and Michio Kaku.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

"Lively and delightful... The reader of this book will never look at the world in quite the same way again."
--The Washington Post

"Highly readable and entertaining, with a wealth of interesting information set in an accurate and sound scientific framework... Deserves cult status."
--New Scientist

"A sparkling, witty jaunt."
--Roald Hoffmann, Nobel Laureate in Chemistry

About the Author:

Sidney Perkowitz is professor of physics at Emory University. He lives in Atlanta, Georgia.

About this edition

• Publisher: Anchor
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 038572070X
• ISBN 13: 9780385720700
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 208