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The physics of everyday things

From why ice is slippery to how planes stay aloft. Physics hiding in plain sight.

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Why aren't our everyday lives as spooky as the quantum world?

Short and disorienting. Bridges the gap between kitchen-table physics and quantum weirdness.

📄aeon.co13d ago
Helen Czerski

The physicist behind Storm in a Teacup. The best single-author guide to why toast falls butter-side down.

📄en.wikipedia.org13d ago
The physics of life

A Nature essay on how statistical mechanics gives rise to heat, pressure, and everything you feel when you touch a warm mug.

📄nature.com13d ago
To understand physics, we need to tell and hear stories

A lovely essay arguing that physics is fundamentally a story problem. Changed how I think about teaching it.

📄aeon.co13d ago