33 quotes
Science is always trying to prove itself wrong, because that's the quickest route to finding what's actually going on.
Storm in a Teacup (2016)
This book is about linking the little things we see every day with the big world we live in.
Storm in a Teacup (2016)
So it's that opportunity that NOC has to do something really important. That's why I'm on board.
Blue Machine (2023)
A toaster can teach you some of the most fundamental laws of physics...
Storm in a Teacup (2016)
You ...need a skeleton to hang pieces of information on, and for most people ...you say the ocean, they've got literally nothing... It really is a void.
Blue Machine (2023)
This is why I love physics. Everything you learn will come in useful somewhere else, and it's all one big adventure...
Storm in a Teacup (2016)
No one can understand every... detail of our complex world, but the basic principles are fantastically valuable tools...
Storm in a Teacup (2016)
Drawing this diagram with this piece of chalk is a lovely thing to do because... I drew it with itself.
Helen Czerski—Coccolithophores and Calcium (2012)
Learning the science of the everyday is a direct route to the... knowledge... every citizen needs...
Storm in a Teacup (2016)
So penguins use bubbles, and I think that's brilliant!
Penguins and fluid dynamics (2013)
I've looked at basic bubble physics, acoustics and optics... the dynamics of what bubbles do underneath waves, and particularly, sensing them in very difficult conditions like that big storm.
Blue Machine (2023)
And so this time NASA... the Artemis missions are... very much gearing up to go back to the moon.
Blue Machine (2023)
The physical principle used to orient one of the most advanced technologies... demonstrated with an egg in your kitchen.
Storm in a Teacup (2016)
It is a principle of physics that objects continue the same... movement unless you push or pull on them. ...[C]onservation of angular momentum.
Storm in a Teacup (2016)
And then they go down, and they go hunting for fish... [I]t comes time to go back up to the surface and hop out onto the ice past the leopard seals.
Penguins and fluid dynamics (2013)
I learned to scuba dive at Scripps. I learned to sail in Rhode Island.
Blue Machine (2023)
You don't have to be a qualified scientist to experiment with the world. Knowing some basic principles will set you on the right track... [I]t doesn't even have to be an organized process...
Storm in a Teacup (2016)
And... it changes the ecosystem because the penguins can then survive in conditions they would not otherwise be able to survive in.
Penguins and fluid dynamics (2013)
Physics is awesome... because the same patterns are universal... in the kitchen and in the furthest reaches of the universe.
Storm in a Teacup (2016)
Science is not about 'them', it's about 'us'... we can all go on this adventure in our own way.
Storm in a Teacup (2016)