There Was Lightning in Your Kitchen: and other wonders of physics around you

Adhip Agarwala

How do mosquito bats work?

Why does your kulhad chai bubble?

Can metals be invisible?

The most extraordinary and wonderful physics is happening right in front of you. If both are made of carbon, why can pencils write but diamonds cannot? What is Fermi energy and how can electrons in a silver spoon have energies equivalent to 60,000°C?

This book takes you on a scientific tour to the world around you from the quantum physics behind smart washbasins to the microscopic forces that make glue stick, from thermometers and blood pressure machines to semiconductors and diapers. Learn about inventions that make our life easy and the amazing natural phenomena that make them possible.