Synopses & Reviews
With this book in hand, we have all we need to set off on our next flight with our eyes open to the sheer wonder of what is involved.” Alain de Botton, author of A Week at the Airport, in the Mail on Sunday
Imagine Leonardo da Vinci seated next to you on an airplane. . . . Brian Clegg attempts to restore something of the lost wonder of air travel . . . even as Leonardo, so fascinated by science, might have done . . . leav[ing] his readers improved for the journey and filled with a renewed sense of curiosity toward the wonders out their window.”Wall Street Journal
An eye-spy book for adults . . . fitting into that publishing niche somewhere between hard science and Schotts Miscellany that was so successfully exploited by books such as The Cloudspotters Guide.” London Times Book of the Week
Every moment of your airplane journey is an opportunity to experience science in actionInflight Science will be your guide. Brian Clegg explains the ever-changing view from your window seat and suggests entertaining experiments to calculate how far away you are from distant objects and the population of the towns you fly over. You'll learn why the coastline is infinite in length, the cause of thunderstorms, and why there's absolutely no chance of getting stuck on an airline vacuum toilet!
Packed full of amazing insights from physics, chemistry, engineering, geography, and more, Inflight Science is a voyage of scientific discovery perfect for any journey.
Brian Clegg is the author of several popular science titles, including Before the Big Bang and the forthcoming How to Build a Time Machine (2011), both from St. Martin's Press.
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Enjoy science on view from the second you enter the airport to moment you leave your airplane.
Synopsis
The perfect companion to any flight - a guide to the science on view from your window seat. There are few times when science is so immediate as when you're in a plane. Your life is in the hands of the scientists and engineers who enable tons of metal and plastic to hurtle through the sky at hundreds of miles an hour. Inflight Science shows how you stay alive up there - but that's only the beginning.
Brian Clegg explains the ever changing view, whether it's crop circles or clouds, mountains or river deltas, and describes simple experiments to show how a wing provides lift, or what happens if you try to open a door in midair (don't ). On a plane you'll experience the impact of relativity, the power of natural radiation and the effect of altitude on the boiling point of tea. Among the many things you'll learn is why the sky is blue, the cause of thunderstorms and the impact of volcanic ash in an enjoyable tour of mid-air science. Every moment of your journey is an opportunity to experience science in action: Inflight Science will be your guide.
Synopsis
Every moment of your airplane journey is an opportunity to experience science in actionInflight Sciencewill be your guide. Brian Clegg explains the ever-changing view from your window seat and describes simple experiments such as how a wing provides lift and what happens if you try to open a door while flying (dont!) in an enjoyable tour of midair science.
Brian Cleggis the author of several popular science titles, includingBefore the Big Bangand the forthcomingHow to Build a Time Machine(2011), both from St. Martin's Press. He lives in Wiltshire, England and runs www.popularscience.co.uk.
About the Author
Brian Clegg: Brian Clegg is the author of a number of popular science titles including
The God Effect,
Before the Big Bang and the forthcoming
How to Build a Time Machine (2011), all from St. Martin's Press. He is a science writer living in Wiltshire, England, and runs www.popularscience.co.uk.
www.brianclegg.net