The Secret House: The Extraordinary Science of an Ordinary Day
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The Secret House: The Extraordinary Science of an Ordinary Day

David Bodanis
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The author of E=mc2 presents in accessible language a tour of an everyday home and the science surrounding it, from radio static and pillow mites to the electric fields of a light bulb and the colors in a garden rose. Reprint.
Genres: ScienceNonfictionReferenceStemNature
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