Miodownik, Mark

"Reveals the secret lives of liquids told through the language of molecules, droplets, heartbeats, and ocean waves, and explores how much humans rely on liquids as well as their destructive power"--OCLC.

Takes readers on an informational exploration of liquids found on an airplane during an overseas trip from London to San Francisco. Explores the science of the liquids encountered on the trip ranging from tea served during the flight to the volcanoes the plane travels over in Iceland. Includes diagrams, photographs, and resources for further information.

Investigates the manmade materials that make up our modern world and the rarest materials in the natural world, from a planet five-times as large as Earth made purely of diamond to manmade graphene, the toughest, thinnest, most-flexible material known to man.

Explains the science and history behind some of the materials that surround us, exploring graphite, concrete cloth, paper, chocolate, and many more.