Just like Freakonomics brought economics alive, so Storm in a Teacup brings physics into our day to day lives and helps it be fascinating.

The facts that assists both scorpions and cyclists to survive? What do fresh eggs and gyroscopes have in common? And why would it matter?

In an age of string theory, fluid dynamics and biophysics, it could seem as though the science of the world is only for specialists and academics. Not, insists Helen Czerski – and in this gleaming new reserve she explores the patterns and connections that demonstrate the grandest ideas in the smallest everyday objects and experiences.

Linking why is popcorn pop to Antarctic winds, coffee spots to blood tests or ketchup bottles to aliens in space, every thread you draw in the fabric of everyday life shows you something new about the intricate patterns of the world.

Read Storm in a Teacup and you will find and understand the world as you hardly ever did before.